Yala language

For the Loloish language spoken by the Yi people, see Yala language (China).

"Iyala" redirects here. For the Emirati and Omani folk dance, see Yowlah.

Yala (Iyala) is an Idomoid language of Ogoja, Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists dialects as Ikom, Obubra, and Ogoja.^[2]

Yala
Nkum
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Native speakers	200,000 (2008)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Idomoid Etulo–Idoma Idoma Yala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yba
Glottolog	yala1263

References

1. Yala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.