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Putukwam language

Putukwam language

Bendi language spoken in Nigeria

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

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Dialects

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

  1. [1]
    Putukwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike". ethnologue.com.
  3. [3]
    "Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike". glottolog.org.
  4. [4]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. p. 113.


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