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spoken in

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Dialects

Dialects are Bwol, Dimmuk (Doemak), Gworam, Jipal, Kofyar (Kwong), Kwagallak (Kwolla), and Mirriam (Mernyang). Blench (2019) lists the following language varieties in the Pan cluster. Village locations are cited by Blench (2019) from Hon, et al. (2014). *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 (

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): spoken in Nteng, Gyeer, Ɗoop, Kelaghan, Loon, Kwakii, Zhep Morop, Gorom villages *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

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ə, a practice that had been adopted by missionaries in the

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area during the 1930s, such as Father E. Sirlinger.Blench, Roger. 2017
Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages
Sirlinger, Father E. 1942. ''A grammar of the Goemai Language''. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.

Notes

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