Pan is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.
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).Hon, Luther; Gobak, Fittokka; Agwom, Izang; Muniru, John; Nweke, Uche S. 2014. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Kofyar (Koffiar) of Plateau State, Nigeria. Ms. Jos, Nigeria: Language Development Facilitators.
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 (Teng): 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 mid central vowel ə, a practice that had been adopted by missionaries in the Shendam area during the 1930s, such as Father E. Sirlinger.Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.Sirlinger, Father E. 1937. Dictionary of the Goemai Language. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.Sirlinger, Father E. 1942. A grammar of the Goemai Language. Prefecture Apostolic of Jos. Typescript.
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