Kulung language (Jarawan) explained
| Kulung |
| Nativename: | Kúkùlúŋ |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Taraba State |
| Speakers: | 40,000 |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Bantu |
| Fam8: | Mbam-Bube-Jarawan |
| Fam9: | Jarawan |
| Fam10: | Nigerian Jarawan |
| Iso3: | bbu |
| Glotto: | kulu1255 |
| Glottorefname: | Kulung (Nigeria) |
| People: | Bákùlúng |
| Language: | Kúkùlúŋ |
| Root: | Kùlúng[1] |
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.[2]
References
- Notes
BibliographyAdelberger, 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.
Notes and References
- Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
- Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
