"Das Wapan ist gemeinhin als 'Jukun' bekannt, sowohl unter den benachbarten Ethnien als auch in der sprachwissenschaftlichen Literatur. Der Terminus leitet sich her vom Plural āpà dyúkṵ̀ 'Leute', der im Wapan und Wapha vorkommt."

"We shall use the term Wapan to refer to the language itself. This is the term the Wukari Jukun themselves use for their language... Though many subjects use Hausa when speaking to non-Jukun, none interviewed use Hausa in their home compounds. For the Jukun people generally, Wapan is the only language which encompasses all aspects of their daily lives... Very few people know Hausa completely, and that less Hausa is known in those areas furthest from Wukari and off main roads... Further into the bush the level drops appreciably, so that complete communication by means of Hausa becomes very unlikely indeed."