Iyive language

Iyive
Iyive
Uive
Native to	Cameroon, Nigeria
Region	South West(s) within the above country(s)
Ethnicity	Ndir defined by the language
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 1996)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Tivoid Central Tivoid A Tiv-Evand Tiv-Iyive-Otanga Iyive; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Cameroon, Nigeria
Regulated by	Language Academy
Language codes
ISO 639-3	uiv Iyive
Glottolog	iyiv1238 Iyive
Guthrie code	Zone A
ELP	Iyive

Iyive, also referred to as Uive, Yiive, Ndir, Asumbos, is a severely endangered Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. The ethnic group defined by use of this language is the Ndir.

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