Gyong language

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Gyong
Kagoma
Gyong
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
EthnicityGwong
Native speakers
(25,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdm
Glottologkago1247
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Gyong, also known as Kagoma,[2][3][4][5] is a Plateau language of Nigeria.[6] spoken by about 20,000 people in northwest Nigeria. The people call themselves Acipu and are called Acipawa in Hausa.<ref> It is spoken by the Gwong people, whose indigenous homeland is in Jema'a Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria.

References

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  1. ^ Gyong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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