Pyem language

Not to be confused with Gyem language.

Pyem (Pyam, Gye; Hausa: Fyam, Fyem) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is spoken by the people of Pyem Chiefdom with headquarters in Gindiri.^[2] Pyem is one of the indigenous languages spoken in Mangu LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria.^[3]

Pyem
Pyam, Fyam, Fyem
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Ethnicity	Pyem people
Native speakers	(31,000 cited 1996 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau East Pyem
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pym
Glottolog	fyam1238
ELP	Fyem
Pyem is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Revitalization efforts

Most Pyem youths no longer speak the language.^[4]

In 2018, the Ba-Pyam Azonci Association with support from some U.S. partners, commissioned the publication of books in Pyem to save it from going extinct. Examples of such books are Shalai na Waari na DePyam, "Reading and Writing in Pyem"; Beer, Kwor, Na Cikam Arye, "Relationship, Counting, Proverbs, Names, and Directions"; etc.^[5]