Kulung

Kulung
Spoken in	Nigeria ( Taraba )
speaker	15,000 (in 1973)
Linguistic ; classification	Niger-Congo Atlantic – Congo Benue – Congo Bantoid languages South bantoid languages Mbam Jarawoide languages Nigerian-jarawoide languages; ; ; ; ; ; Kulung ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bbu

The language Kulung (also bakuli, bakulu, bakulung, bambur, kukulung, kulu, kuluno, where and wurkum called; ISO 639-3: bbu) is a jarawoide language from the Niger-Congo language family , used by a total of 15,000 people spoken in the Nigerian state of Taraba .

The language is used by various tribal organizations of the clan of the same name (Bambur, Balassa, Banyam and Bamingun) and belongs to the group of bantoid languages .

The number of speakers is falling, as speakers are increasingly adopting the official language of English and passing it on to younger generations as their mother tongue.

Web links

Ethnologue

Individual evidence

↑ bbu
↑ (1973 SIL)
↑ Ethnologue

[1] u

[2] (1973 SIL)

[3] Ethnologue