{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic language}} {{Infobox language |name=Kofyar |altname=Pan |states=Nigeria |region=Plateau State |ethnicity=Kofyar |speakers=110,000 |date=2000 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |fam2=Chadic |fam3=West Chadic |fam4=Bole–Angas |fam5=Angas (A.3) |iso3=kwl |glotto=kofy1242 |glottorefname=Pan }} '''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).<ref name=e18/>
Blench (2019) lists the following language varieties in the Pan cluster.<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref> Village locations are cited by Blench (2019) from Hon, et al. (2014).<ref>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.</ref>
*'''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<ref name="Blench2019">{{Cite web|last=Blench|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Blench|date=2019|title=Nteng: an undocumented language of Central Nigeria|url=https://www.academia.edu/40680318}}</ref> *'''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.<ref name="Blench2017">Blench, Roger. 2017. [https://www.academia.edu/35507157/CURRENT_RESEARCH_ON_THE_A3_WEST_CHADIC_LANGUAGES Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages].</ref><ref>Sirlinger, Father E. 1937. ''Dictionary of the Goemai Language''. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.</ref><ref>Sirlinger, Father E. 1942. ''A grammar of the Goemai Language''. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.</ref>
== Notes == {{Reflist}}
{{Languages of Nigeria}} {{West Chadic languages}}
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