Putukwam language

Putukwam (Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike) is a Bendi language of Obudu LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria.

Putukwam
Native toNigeria
RegionObudu LGA, Cross River State
Native speakers
70,000 (2012)[1]
Dialects
  • Afrike
  • Obe
Language codes
ISO 639-3afe
Glottologputu1241

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
  1. Putukwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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