Atyap
Asorong Gugwa, SK Fest 2024 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 281,000 | |
| 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.