Nyifon language

Nyifon
Nyifon
Iordaa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Buruku LGA, Benue State
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1990s)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Nyifon; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	nyif1234

Nyifon (Iordaa) is a poorly known Jukunoid language of Buruku LGA, Benue State, Nigeria. There may have been about 1,000 speakers in the 1990s.^[1] The language is not reported in Ethnologue. Glottolog lists it as a dialect of Wapan language.

References

1 2 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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