Kpasam language

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Kpasam (Kpasham; Nyesam) is an Adamawa language of Demsa LGA, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Kpasam
Nyesam
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa state
Native speakers
(undated figure of 3,000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pbn
Glottologkpas1242
Sàm
Peopleísàm
Languageɲé sàm
Countryásàm

The speakers refer to their language as Nyesam [ɲé sàm], their ethnic group as Isam [ísàm], and their territory as Asam [ásàm]. The Nyesam language is spoken in the villages of Kpasham, Dakli, and Dem.[2]

Further reading

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  • Blench, Roger. 2009. The Maya (Yendang) languages.
  • Villa, Eveling. 2019. Selected Nyesam documentation (with audio and video). Pangloss Collection: An archive for endangered languages.
  • Yoder, Zachariah. 2009. Maya wordlists Kpasham (Adamawa), MPEG/X-WAV. PARADISEC. doi:10.4225/72/57029413DB1F7

References

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  1. ^ Kpasam at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)  
  2. ^ Villa, Eveling. Nyesam. AdaGram.