Putukwam language explained

Putukwam
States:	Nigeria
Region:	Obudu LGA, Cross River State
Speakers:	70,000
Date:	2012
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Benue–Congo
Fam4:	Southern Bantoid?
Fam5:	Bendi
Dia1:	Afrike
Dia2:	Obe
Iso3:	afe
Glotto:	putu1241
Glottorefname:	Putukwam

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

Dialects

Ethnologue^[1] and Glottolog^[2] 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:^[3]

• Obe
• Mgbenege
• Utugwang
• Okwọrọgung
• Okwọrọtung

Notes and References

1. Web site: Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike. ethnologue.com.
2. Web site: Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike. glottolog.org.
3. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge. 113.