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(Redirected from Mgbenege language) Bendi language spoken in Nigeria
Putukwam
Native toNigeria
RegionObudu LGA, Cross River State
Native speakers70,000 (2012)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Afrike
  • Obe
Language codes
ISO 639-3afe
Glottologputu1241

Putukwam (Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike) is a Bendi language of Obudu LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria.

Dialects

Ethnologue and Glottolog list dialects as:

  • Afrike (Aferike, Utumane)
  • Irungene (Mbe Afal, Mbe East, Mbube Eastern, Obe, Upper Mbe)
  • Mgbenege (Ngbenege)
  • Okworogung (Ukworogung)
  • Ukwortung (Okorotung)
  • Utugwang (Otukwang, Utukwang)

Roger Blench (2019) lists dialects as:

  • Obe
  • Mgbenege
  • Utugwang
  • Okwọrọgung
  • Okwọrọtung

References

  1. Putukwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike". ethnologue.com.
  3. "Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike". glottolog.org.
  4. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. p. 113.
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