Yom language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

• Atlantic - Congo gur north Oti - Volta Yom Nawdm

Pil

The Yom language (ISO 639-3 pil ) is a Gur - Oti - Volta languages ​​and thus representative of the Niger - Congo language family; it is also next to the Nawdm [ nmz ] one of the two languages ​​of the subgroup of Yom Nawdm languages.

The Yom is spoken in the Benin province Atakora around the city Djougou around a total of 74,000 people. The language is kpilakpila under the name, pila and pilapila known, what is the name of the ethnic group that speaks that language. But even some Temba and Yoba speak the language.