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Kiong language

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Endangered Cross River language of Nigeria Not to be confused with Kiong Nai language.
Kiong
Kayon
Akoiyang
Native toNigeria
RegionCross River State
Ethnicity570 Akayon (no date)
Native speakers8 (2010)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3kkm
Glottologkion1242
ELPKiong

Kiong, or Kayon, is a nearly extinct Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. Okoyong speakers of the Kiong language are geographically located in the Odukpani and Akamkpa region of Cross River State. This language was documented in 1990s, and it have 25 speakers counted in 1998. But in 2010, only 8 elders were able to speak Kiong (all in the 70s), leaving the language critically endangered/nearly extinct.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar
Plosive b t d k kp
Fricative f s x
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w r j
  • /b/ is unvoiced word-finally.
  • /x/ can be heard as .
  • /ŋ/ is labialized syllable-initially.
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid-high e o
Mid-low ɔ ɔː
Low a

Kiong also has four tones; high, low, rising, and falling.

References

  1. ^ Kiong at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Okon, Margaret Mary P.; Noah, Paulinus (2018). "Preliminaries to Kiong Orthography". Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies. 6 (2).

External links

Cross River languages
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