Kulung language (Nigeria)

Not to be confused with Kulung language (Nepal) or Kulung language (Chad).

Kulung
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	40,000 (2012)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu? (Zone A) Mbam Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Kulung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bbu`
Glottolog	`kulu1255`^[2]

Kulung is one of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of Nigeria. The number of speakers is not known; a figure of 15,000 was published in 1973.

References

↑ Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kulung (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Mbam languages

Sanaga	Leti Tuki

West	Bati Nomaande Nyokon Tunen Tuotomb Yambeta

Yambasa	Elip Mmaala Mbule Nubaca Nugunu Yangben

Jarawan	Bile Dulbu Gwa Jarawa Kulung Labir Lame Mama Mbula-Bwazza Shiki

Other	Bube

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