Denya language

"Denya" redirects here. For the character in the television series Stargate SG-1, see Ori (Stargate) § Anti-Ori underground. For the village in Iran, see Dinachal.
Denyang
Anyah
Native toCameroon
EthnicityAnyang
Native speakers
(11,200 cited 1982)[1]
Dialects
  • Anyang
  • Betieku
  • Awanchi
  • Bantah
Language codes
ISO 639-3anv
Glottologdeny1238
ELPDenya
  Denya

Denyang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon Manyu languages (of the Anyang tribe). It is spoken by five main clans: Ayang, Baku, Betieku, Bantah, Awanchi, they are divergent enough to perhaps be considered separate languages.

References

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


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