Kholok language

Kulung
Kulung
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	(2,500 cited 1977)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Tangale (South) Kulung; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ktc
Glottolog	khol1240

Kulung (also known as Kode, Koode, Kwoode, Pia, Pitiko, Widala, Wurkum) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.^[1]

It is spoken by a group of the Kode people, who refer to themselves as the Widala. The other Kode (Widala) people speak Maghdi, an Adamawa language.^[3]

Notes

1 2 Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
↑ Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.

[e18-1] 1 2 Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[Muri-3] Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.

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