Kulung language (Jarawan)

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Kulung
Kúkùlúŋ
Native to Nigeria
Region Taraba State
Native speakers
40,000 (2012) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bbu
Glottolog kulu1255
ELP Kulung (Nigeria)
Kùlúng [2]
PeopleBákùlúng
LanguageKúkùlúŋ

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
  1. Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Bibliography

Adelberger, 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)