Putukwam language
Bendi language spoken in Nigeria
Putukwam | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Obudu LGA, Cross River State |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2012)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | afe |
Glottolog | putu1241 |
Putukwam (Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike) is a Bendi language of Obudu LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Dialects
Ethnologue[2] and Glottolog[3] 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:[4]
- Obe
- Mgbenege
- Utugwang
- Okwọrọgung
- Okwọrọtung
References
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