Alternate Names: Canga, Changa, Kã, Kenga, Kyangawa, Kyenga, Tienga, Tyanga, Tyenga
Dialects: None known. Not inherently intelligible with the Busa group. Lexical similarity: 78% with Shanga ,, 57%–62% with the Busa group.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 11,000 in Nigeria (2012 R. Jones), decreasing. Population total all countries: 12,000. Ethnic population: 200,000.
Language Use: Shifting to Hausa [hau], Dendi [ddn], Busa [bqp], Boko [bqc], or Zarma [dje] depending on location. All ages. Nearly all bilingual in Hausa [hau].
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, imbedded relative NPs after noun head; person, number, aspect suffixed to subject pronouns; CV, CVV, CCV; grammatical tone on verbs, and pronouns; 3 level tones, no imbedded clause, no logophoricity.
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.