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Pyapun language

Pyapun is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. It is spoken in about 10 villages east of the Panyam-Shendam road.

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Pyapun
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
(17,000 cited 2000)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3pcw
Glottologpyap1239

Pyapun is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.1 It is spoken in about 10 villages east of the Panyam-Shendam road.3

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  1. Pyapun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.