Yigha language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Yigha

|altname=

|nativename=Leyigha

|states=Nigeria

|region=Cross River State

|ethnicity=Ayigha

|speakers=10,000

|date=1989

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Cross River

|fam5=Upper Cross

|fam6=Central

|fam7=East–West

|fam8=Mbembe–Legbo

|iso3=ayi

|glotto=leyi1238

|glottorefname=Leyigha

}}

{{infobox ethnonym||Ayigha|Leyigha|5=Yigha}}

The Yigha language, known as Leyigha or after the people as Ayigha (Asiga), is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria.

References

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{{Cross River languages}}

Category:Languages of Nigeria

Category:Upper Cross River languages

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