lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguagePan is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.
Afro-Asiatic language
Kofyar |
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Native to | Nigeria |
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Region | Plateau State |
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Ethnicity | Kofyar |
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Native speakers | 110,000 (2000)[1] |
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Language family | |
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ISO 639-3 | kwl |
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Glottolog | kofy1242 |
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Dialects
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 villages[4]
- 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.[5][6][7]
Notes
- Kofyar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Hon, Luther; Gobak, Fittokka; Agwom, Izang; Muniru, John; Nweke, Uche S. 2014. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Kofyar (Koffiar) of Plateau State, Nigeria. Ms. Jos, Nigeria: Language Development Facilitators.
- Blench, Roger (2019). "Nteng: an undocumented language of Central Nigeria".
- Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
- Sirlinger, Father E. 1937. Dictionary of the Goemai Language. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.
- Sirlinger, Father E. 1942. A grammar of the Goemai Language. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.
Languages of Nigeria |
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Official languages | |
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National languages | |
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Recognised languages | |
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Indigenous languages | Indigenous languages (grouped by Nigerian state) |
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Sign languages | |
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Immigrant languages | |
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Scripts | |
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West Chadic languages |
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Hausa–Gwandara (A.1) | |
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Bole–Tangale (A.2) | |
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Angas (A.3) | |
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Ron (A.4) | |
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Bade (B.1) | |
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Warji (B.2) | |
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Barawa (B.3) | |
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Others | |
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Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
На других языках
- [en] Pan language
[ru] Кофьяр (языки)
Кофьяр (англ. kofyar) — языковой кластер в составе ангасской группы западночадской языковой ветви[2][3][4][5]. Основная территория распространения — штаты Плато и Насарава в центральной Нигерии. В кластер входят языки/диалекты кофьяр, мирьям (мерньянг), диммук (доемак), квалла (квагаллак) и другие[1][6][7][8].
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