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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Kpan

Kpan

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3kpk

Population  11,400 (2000).
Region  Taraba state, Wukari, Takum, and Sardauna LGAs, Kato Bagha, Wukari, Suntai, Gayan, Gindin Dutse, Likam.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 8, reference number 366
Alternate names   Abakan, Hwaso, Hwaye, Ibukwo, Ikpan, Kpanten, Kpwate, Nyatso, Nyonyo, Yorda
Dialects  Bissaula, Kumbo (Kpanzon), Takum, Donga (Akpanzhi), Apa, Kente (Kentu, Kyentu, Etkye), Eregba. Related to Etkywan [ich].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Jukunoid, Central, Kpan-Icen
Language use  The Bissaula dialect is extinct.