Abanyom or Bakor 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 12500 people in 1986. 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.
ISO 639-3 code
abm
family
Benue–Congo languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Ekoid languages, Southern Bantoid languages
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