Kpan
Kpan is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kpan is a Jukunoid language of Taraba State, Nigeria. There are several dialects.
Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Gayan, Gindin Dutse, Kato Bagha, Likam, Suntai, and Wukari villages, which are distributed in Sardauna, Takum, and Wukari LGAs.
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Words in Kpan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Ngye* | |
| name | ben* | |
| eye | zi* | |
| ear | tkun* | |
| nose | Nwe* | |
| tooth | bon* | |
| tongue | den* | |
| blood | ken* | |
| bone | fu* | |
| skin | kpo* | |
| breast | me* | |
| water | žo | |
| fire | fe* | |
| sun | ken* | |
| star | tke* | |
| stone | kyen* | |
| mountain | hwen* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | 5i* | |
| night | cu* | |
| dog | bgu* | |
| fish | yu* | |
| louse | fe* | |
| one | Nye* | |
| two | fan* | |
| drink | vo* | |
| see | de* | |
| hear | fken* | |
| die | fu* | |
| come | bo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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