Alternate Names: Iyala
Dialects: Nkum (Yala Ikom), Nkum Akpambe (Yala Obubra), Yala Ogoja.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200,000 (2008 L. Otronyi), increasing. 50,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 200,000.
Language Use: Home. All ages. Positive attitudes. 120,000 also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Bekwarra [bkv], Nkem-Nkum [isi], Yace [ekr].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 40% in English [eng]. Literacy program in progress. Poetry. NT: 1979.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.