Hya is an

Afro-Asiatic The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic su ...

language spoken in northern

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and neighboring regions of Nigeria.

Distribution

The Hya language is spoken only in Amsa, a locality situated about 10 km south of

Rumsiki Rhumsiki, also spelt Rumsiki and Roumsiki, is a village in the Far North Province of Cameroon. Rhumsiki is located in the Mandara Mountains 55 km (34 mi) from Mokolo, and is located 3 km (2 mi) from the border with Michika L ...

where Psikya is spoken, on the border with Nigeria (

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commune,

Mayo-Tsanaga Mayo-Tsanaga is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4,393 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 699,971. The capital of the department is at Mokolo. It is located within the Mand ...

department, Far North Region). It may be the same as the "Higi" dialect ''Ghyá'' as listed by R. Mohrlang.

Classification

Higi (spoken in Nigeria), Psikya, and Hya are three distinct but close languages belonging to the Margi group of languages.

Notes

Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Cameroon Languages of Nigeria {{BiuMandara-lang-stub