Etulo language

Etulo
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Benue State, Taraba State
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1988) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Idomoid Etulo–Idoma Etulo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	utr
Glottolog	etul1245

Etulo (Utur, Turumawa) is an Idomoid language of central Nigeria.

Etulo is a tonal language. Word order is SVO. ^[2]

Distribution

Etulo is spoken in:

• Buruku LGA, Benue State
• Katsina-Ala LGA, Benue State
• Wukari LGA, Taraba State

Demographics

Etulo speakers belong to 14 different clans. ^[3]

Clans in Buruku LGA are:

• Agbatala
• Oglazi
• Agbɔ
• Ugiɛ
• Agia
• Ogbulube
• Oʃafu
• Okpaʃila
• Ingwaʤɛ

Clans in Katsina Ala LGA are:

• Otsazi
• Otanga
• Okadiɲa
• ʃɛwɛ
• Aʃitanakwu

There are also Etulo speakers in Wukari LGA, Taraba State. ^[3]

Speaker estimates range from 10,000–100,000 speakers. Most Etulo speakers are also fluent speakers of Tiv, which is a local lingua franca. ^[3]

Resources

• Audio Recording 1: A story of the king, the hare and other animals (Text 1) and What I did yesterday (Text 3). Featuring Mr. Ingyu Clement Agyo and Mr. Moro Akanya. hdl : 20.500.12434/fd138194
• Audio Recording 2: How we plant yams (Text 2) and What I do everyday (Text 4). Featuring Mr. Ingyu Clement Agyo and Mr. Moro Akanya. hdl : 20.500.12434/af886b51

References

1. Etulo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Ezenwafor-Afuecheta, Chikelu Ihunanya; Adams, Inyani (2021). "An Overview of Etulo: An Idomoid Language". International Journal of Language and Linguistics. 9 (3): 133. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20210903.20 . ISSN   2330-0205.
3. Ezenwafor-Afuecheta, Chikelu I. (2025). Grammar of Etulo: A Niger-Congo (Idomoid) Language. Vol. 1. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. doi: 10.11647/obp.0467 . ISBN   978-1-80511-597-7.