Atyap people
An ethnic group in the Middle Belt of Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Atyap people (Tyap: A̱tyap, singular: A̱tyotyap; exonyms: Jju: Ba̱tyap; Hausa: Kataf, Katab) are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages.[2]
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Total population | |
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252,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Nigeria | |
Languages | |
Tyap (A̱lyem Tyap) | |
Religion | |
Christianity, A̱bwoi | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bajju, Ham, Bakulu, Adara, Afizere, Irigwe, Berom, Tarok, Jukun, Kuteb, Efik, Tiv, Igbo, Yoruba, Edo and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria |
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