Putukwam language
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Putukwam | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Obudu LGA, Cross River State |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2012)[1] |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Putukwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike". ethnologue.com.
- ^ "Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike". glottolog.org.
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. p. 113.