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Kulung language (Jarawan)

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Bantu language spoken in Nigeria
Kulung
Kúkùlúŋ
Native toNigeria
RegionTaraba State
Native speakers40,000 (2012)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3bbu
Glottologkulu1255
ELPKulung (Nigeria)
Kùlúng
PeopleBákùlúng
LanguageKúkùlúŋ

Kulung is a Bantu language spoken in Nigeria.

Kulung can also refer to an unrelated Chadic language of the same name spoken in Karim Lamido LGA of Taraba State and related to Piya.

References

Notes
  1. Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Bibliography

Adelberger, J. "A Comprehensive Ethnographic Overview of the Muri Mountains (Northern Nigeria)", Mandaras Publishing 2024, Ramsgate, Kent (UK) (e-publication: https://www.mandaras.info/Muri-Mountains.html)

  • Adelberger, J. & Kleinewillinghöfer, U., 2016 A Kulung Vocabulary compiled by the missionary Ira McBride" Arbeitspapiere des Instituts für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Working Papers of the Department of Anthropology and African Studies of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) 167.
Mbam languages
Sanaga
West
Yambasa
Jarawan
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