Abanyom language
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{{language |name=Abanyom |familycolor=Niger-Congo |states=Nigeria |region=Cross River State |speakers=12,500 |fam2=Atlantic-Congo |fam3=Volta-Congo |fam4=Benue-Congo |fam5=Bantoid |fam6=Southern Bantoid |fam7=Ekoid |iso2=bnt|iso3=abm}}
Abanyom is a language of the Ekoid subfamily of Niger-Congo. It is spoken by the Abanyom people in the Cross River State region of Nigeria, numbering about 12,500. A member of the Southern Bantoid group, Abanyom is fairly closely related to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical Niger-Congo noun class system.
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