Anaang language

{{Short description|Cross River language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Anaang

|nativename=

|states=Southern Nigeria

|region=Akwa Ibom State

|ethnicity=Anaang

|speakers={{sigfig|2.890000|2}} million

|date=2020

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Cross River

|fam6=Lower Cross

|fam7=Ibibio-Efik

|iso3=anw

|glotto=anaa1238

|glottorefname=Anaang

}}

Anaang (Annang) is the native language of the Anaang people of Nigeria.

The Annang speaker of English tends to apply the grammatical rules of Annang in his use of English, often violating the intuition of native speakers of English.{{Cite web |last=Udondata |first=Joseph |title=A Contrastive Study of English and Annang Structural Patterns |url=https://www.eajournals.org/keywords/annang-language/}}