Putukwam language
Appearance
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
Ethnologue lists dialects as Afrike (Utumane), Irungene (Obe, Mbe Afal, Eastern Mbube), Mgbenege, Ukworogung (Okorogung), Ukwortung (Okorotung).
Roger Blench (2019) lists dialects as:[2]
- Mgbenege
- Utugwang (Otugwang)
- Okwọrọgung (Okorogung)
- Ukwortung (Okorotung, Okwọrọtung)
References
- ^ Putukwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.