Pan language

Pan is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.

Dialects are Bwol, Dimmuk (Doemak), Gworam, Jipal, Kofyar (Kwong), Kwagallak (Kwolla), and Mirriam (Mernyang).¹

Blench (2019) lists the following language varieties in the Pan cluster.² Village locations are cited by Blench (2019) from Hon, et al. (2014).³

• 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 villages⁴
• 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.⁵⁶⁷