Pan language
≈ 1 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Pan is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.
Pan is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.
Dialects
Dialects are Bwol, Dimmuk (Doemak), Gworam, Jipal, Kofyar (Kwong), Kwagallak (Kwolla), and Mirriam (Mernyang). Blench (2019) lists the following language varieties in the Pan cluster. Village locations are cited by Blench (2019) from Hon, et al. (2014). Mernyang: spoken in Dokan Kasuwa, Dokan Tofa, Kwaning, Laardang, Kwang, Kwa, Miket villages Doemak: spoken in Kofyar Doemak, Goechim, Ba'ap, Kopar, Doemak villages Tèŋ (Teng): spoken in Nteng, Gyeer, Ɗoop, Kelaghan, Loon, Kwakii, Zhep Morop, Gorom villages Kwagallak: spoken in Tim, Kopfogon, Chim, Yitiar, Kwoor, Kwalla, Shangfuup, Kopbepang, Moeda villages Bwol (Bwall): spoken in Dungras, Nakum, Tanba, Bwall, Goepil villages Gworam Jipal: spoken in Katul, Kabum, Kanjing, Kaburuk, Shawk, Kaper, rundum, Jipal, Bul, Kwa, Male, Zwakal villages Shindai Note that in the villages names, orthographic oe stands for the mid central vowel ə, a practice that had been adopted by missionaries in the Shendam area during the 1930s, such as Father E. Sirlinger.
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1075633717 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.