Nyifon language

{{Short description|Jukunoid language of Benue State, Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Nyifon

|altname = Iordaa

|states = Nigeria

|region = Buruku LGA, Benue State

|speakers =1,000

|date=1990s

|ref={{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Jukunoid

|iso3=

|glotto=nyif1234

|glottorefname=Nyifon

}}

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. The language is not reported in Ethnologue. Glottolog lists it as a dialect of Wapan language.

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Category:Jukunoid languages

Category:Languages of Nigeria

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