Kwanka
| Kwanka (Bijim) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Nigeria (states of Plateau , Bauchi ) | |
| speaker | 20,000 (2003) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
bij |
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The language Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri (ISO 639-3: bji; also kwanka called) is a platoide language from the group of Plateau languages that a total of 20,000 people (2003) in ten villages in the Nigerian state of Plateau is spoken .
The language belongs to the south-western subgroup within the western plateau languages. Kwanka has four dialects, these are vaghat (tivaghat, kadun, kwanka), ya (tiya, boi), bijim and legeri.