Pyapun language

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Pyapun
Native to Nigeria
Region Plateau State
Native speakers
17,000 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pcw
Glottolog pyap1239

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]

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