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{{Short description|Plateau language spoken in Nigeria}}
{{Distinguish|Kullu language}}
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|speakers=50,000
|speakers=50,000
|date=1998
|date=1998
|ref=e16
|ref=e18
|ref=e17
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
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|fam6=[[North Plateau languages|North Plateau]] ?
|fam6=[[North Plateau languages|North Plateau]] ?
|iso3=ikl
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|glotto=ikul1238
|glottorefname=Ikulu
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{{Infobox ethnonym|person=Ankulu|people=Bakulu|language=Ikulu|country=Akulu|root=Kulu<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref>}}


The '''Kulu language''', '''''Ikulu''''', also known as Ankulu or Ikolu,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ikl|title=Ikulu|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> is a [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ikul1238|title=Glottolog 3.0 -Ikulu|website=glottolog.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> It is spoken by the [[Bakulu people|Bakulu]], found in the [[Zangon Kataf]], [[Kachia]] and [[Kauru]] [[Local government areas of Nigeria|Local Government Areas]] of [[Kaduna State]].<ref name=":0" />
The '''Kulu''' language, '''''Ikulu''''', is a [[Plateau languages|Plateau language]] of [[Nigeria]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Plateau languages]]
*[http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Northwest/Kulu%20wordlist.pdf Kulu wordlist]


{{Platoid languages}}
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[[Category:Central Plateau languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Nigeria]]
{{Authority control}}

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Latest revision as of 18:27, 17 January 2024

Kulu
Ikulu
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ikl
Glottologikul1238
Kulu[2]
PersonAnkulu
PeopleBakulu
LanguageIkulu
CountryAkulu

The Kulu language, Ikulu, also known as Ankulu or Ikolu,[3] is a Plateau language of Nigeria.[4] It is spoken by the Bakulu, found in the Zangon Kataf, Kachia and Kauru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ a b "Ikulu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  4. ^ "Glottolog 3.0 -Ikulu". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
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