It is spoken in the Manyu and Meme departments of the Southwest Region of Cameroon.

There are three main dialects of Kenyang: Lower Kenyang, spoken in Eyumojock and Mamfe Central subdivisions, Upper Kenyang, spoken in Upper Bayang subdivision and Kitwii, spoken in Meme department.

The phonemes of Kenyang are listed in the tables below, with their orthographic representation written in angled brackets:[3][4] The voiceless stops /p t k/ are realized as unreleased word-finally: [sə̀p̚] ('to descend'), [tə̀t̚] ('to wipe') and [kɔ̀k̚] ('to grind').

Before front vowels, /t/ and /d/ are in free variation between being dental and interdental: [t̪í] ('to sell') and [ǹd̪ɛ́] ('coat').

/ɛ/ is realized as a close-mid central vowel in closed syllables: [tə̀t̚] ('to wipe').