Koenoem language

Afro-Asiatic language
Koenoem
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1973)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3kcs
Glottologkoen1239
ELPKoenoem

Koenoem is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.[1] It is spoken in about 6 villages east of the Panyam-Shendam road.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Koenoem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. ^ Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.

Further reading

  • A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Koenoem (kcs) Language of Plateau State, Nigeria
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