Kholok language

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Kulung
Native to Nigeria
Region Taraba State
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1977) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ktc
Glottolog khol1240

Kulung (also known as Kode, Koode, Kwoode, Pia, Pitiko, Widala, Wurkum) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)


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