Barkul language

Barkul
Bo-Rukul
Native to Nigeria
Region Plateau State
Native speakers
2,000 (1999)[1]
Dialects
  • Bo
  • Rukul
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mae
Glottolog boru1244[2]

Barkul is a Plateau language of Nigeria. The two dialects, Bo and Rukul, are notably distinct. The classification of Barkul is unclear, but it appears to be closest to Fyam and Horom.

References

  1. Barkul at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bo-Rukul". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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