Pyapun language

Pyapun
Pyapun
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	(17,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Angas (A.3) Pyapun; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pcw
Glottolog	pyap1239

Last updated January 15, 2026

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]

Notes

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

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[e18-1] 1 2 Pyapun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[Blench2017-3] Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.

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Pyapun language

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