🇳🇬 Ethnic group

Nyifon

Evidence: Multiple sources

The Nyifon are a small people of Buruku LGA, Benue State. Their little-documented language, also called Iordaa, is thought to be Jukunoid.

Connections
Other names
  • Iordaa · alternative
    Given by Blench's Atlas and Wikipedia as another name for Nyifon.
Sources
  1. About Benue State — Benue State Government · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Nyifon among the other ethnic communities
  2. History Of Benue State — Benue State Ministry of Finance, Budget & Economic Planning, Benue State Ministry of Finance, Budget & Economic Planning · link (accessed 27 Jul 2026)
    Supports: Nyifon listed
  3. Benue State — Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia · link (accessed 27 Jul 2026)
    Supports: Nyifon small community in Buruku
  4. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Nyifon (Iordaa): Buruku LGA

Last updated 24 September 2026. Spotted an error or have a source to add? Tell us.

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