Atyap

Atyap
Total population
281,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria
Languages
Tyap (A̱lyem Tyap)
Religion
Christianity, A̱bwoi, Islam
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

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 and Riyom of Plateau State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages.[2]

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  2. ^ "The Atyap Nationality". Atyap Community Online. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2010.