East or Southeast Plateau are a "probable" group of three Plateau languages spoken in Nigeria. Fyam and Horom are closely related; connections to Barkul (Bo-Rukul) are more problematic.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[1]
| Language |
Alternate spellings |
Own name for language |
Endonym(s) |
Other names (location-based) |
Other names for language |
Speakers |
Location(s)
|
| Pyam |
Fyem, Pyem, Paiem, Fem, Pem |
|
|
|
|
7,700 (1952 W&B); 14,000 (1973 SIL) |
Plateau State, Jos, Barkin Ladi and Mangu LGAs
|
| Bo-Rukul |
Mabo–Barkul |
|
|
Mabol, Barukul |
Kulere; Kaleri (erroneous) |
|
Plateau State, Mangu LGA, Richa district
|
| Horom |
|
Barom |
Barom |
|
Kaleri (erroneous) |
500 (1973 SIL); 1000 (Blench 1998) |
Plateau State, Mangu LGA. One village and one hamlet
|
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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