Yace language

Yace
Akpa
Native to	Central Nigeria
Region	Benue State
Native speakers	80,000 (2000–2002)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Idomoid Yace
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: ekr – Yace akf – Akpa
Glottolog	yaty1238[2]

Yace (Yache) is an Idomoid language of central Nigeria. The two varieties, Yace proper (Ekpari) and Akpa, are distinct enough to sometimes be considered distinct languages.

References

1. Yace at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Akpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yatye–Akpa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.