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{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria}}
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| name = Kulere
| name = Kulere
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[[Nassarawa]]
[[Nassarawa]]
[[Nigeria]]
[[Nigeria]]
| region = [[Tof]]
| region = [[Bokkos]], [[Plateau State]]
[[Bokkos LGA]]
[[Plateau State]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|15570|2}}
| speakers = {{sigfig|15570|2}}
| date = 1990
| date = 1990
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| fam2 = [[Chadic languages|Chadic]]
| fam2 = [[Chadic languages|Chadic]]
| fam3 = [[West Chadic languages|West Chadic]]
| fam3 = [[West Chadic languages|West Chadic]]
| fam4 = [[Bole–Angas languages|Bole–Angas]]
| fam4 = [[Ron languages|Ron]]
| fam5 = <nowiki>[[Kuléré languages[Kuléré]] (A.4)</nowiki>
| fam5 =
| iso3 = kul
| iso3 = kul
| glotto = kule1247
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'''Kulere''' (also known as Tof, Korom Boye, Akandi, Akande, Kande) is an [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] language spoken in [[Plateau State|Bokkos local government area of Plateau State]] and some part of Wamba LGA in Nassarawa state, [[Nigeria]]. District are Tof, Richa, Tukiah, Ambul, Sikin(Sarauh) Kamwai-Marhai, kwarka and masange. Surrounded by Highlands, mountains and rocks with less lowland<ref name=e18/> They are predominantly farmers and good hunters rich in food such as folio (Acha or hunger rice), potatoes, maize, palm fruits, cocoyam, guinea corn etc.
'''Kulere''' (also known as Tof, Korom Boye, Akandi, Akande, Kande) is an [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] language spoken in [[Bokkos]], [[Plateau State]], and in some parts of [[Wamba, Nigeria|Wamba]] in [[Nassarawa State]], [[Nigeria]].


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*''[https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/69738 A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Kulere Dialects of Plateau and Nassarawa States, Nigeria]''


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{{Languages of Nigeria}}

Latest revision as of 20:17, 19 December 2022

Kulere
Native toPlateau

Nassarawa

Nigeria
RegionBokkos, Plateau State
Native speakers
(16,000 cited 1990)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kul
Glottologkule1247

Kulere (also known as Tof, Korom Boye, Akandi, Akande, Kande) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bokkos, Plateau State, and in some parts of Wamba in Nassarawa State, Nigeria.

Notes

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  1. ^ Kulere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

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