Atyap

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “We need the originating language and word/script.”) Literally meaning a person who speaks the Tyap language.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ətjab/

Noun

Atyap (plural Atyaps or Atyap)

1. A member of the Tyap-speaking peoples.

Proper noun

Atyap

1. A central Nigeria plateau ethnic cluster consisting of sub-groups of people who speak dialects of Tyap language, one of the Nenzit peoples.

Translations

ethnic cluster

Hausa: Kataf Tyap: A̱tyap (kcg)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Atyap, kcg ⁠