Kulung speakers consider themselves to be ethnically part of the larger Jarawan Bantu-speaking Kulung, although their language is West Chadic and related to Piya.[1] The language exhibits considerable Jarawan influence but retains its Chadic character.
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^ abcBlench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
kulung, language, west, chadic, confused, with, kulung, language, chad, which, also, belongs, chadic, group, kulung, wurkum, minor, west, chadic, language, karim, lamido, taraba, state, nigeria, that, recently, discovered, roger, blench, language, reported, et. Not to be confused with the Kulung language of Chad which also belongs to the Chadic group Kulung Wurkum is a minor West Chadic language of Karim Lamido LGA Taraba State Nigeria that was recently discovered by Roger Blench The language is not reported in Ethnologue or Glottolog Blench 2019 gives a rough estimate of about 2 000 speakers 1 KulungWurkumNative toNigeriaRegionKarim Lamido LGA Taraba StateNative speakers2 000 2019 1 Language familyAfro Asiatic ChadicWest ChadicBole AngasBole Tangale A 2 Tangale South KulungLanguage codesISO 639 3 Kulung speakers consider themselves to be ethnically part of the larger Jarawan Bantu speaking Kulung although their language is West Chadic and related to Piya 1 The language exhibits considerable Jarawan influence but retains its Chadic character References edit a b c Blench Roger 2019 An Atlas of Nigerian Languages 4th ed Cambridge Kay Williamson Educational Foundation The template below West Chadic languages is being considered for merging See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus This article about a West Chadic language is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kulung language West Chadic amp oldid 1032308851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
