Etulo language

Etulo
Etulo
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Benue State, Taraba State
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1988)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Idomoid Etulo–Idoma Etulo; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	utr
Glottolog	etul1245

Etulo (Utur, Turumawa) is an Idomoid language of central Nigeria.

Etulo is a tonal language. Word order is SVO.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

Etulo is spoken in:

Etulo speakers belong to 14 different clans.

Clans in Buruku LGA are:

Clans in Katsina Ala LGA are:

There are also Etulo speakers in Wukari LGA, Taraba State.

Speaker estimates range from 10,000–100,000 speakers. Most Etulo speakers are also fluent speakers of Tiv, which is a local lingua franca.

Audio Recording 1: A story of the king, the hare and other animals (Text 1) and What I did yesterday (Text 3). Featuring Mr. Ingyu Clement Agyo and Mr. Moro Akanya. hdl:20.500.12434/fd138194
Audio Recording 2: How we plant yams (Text 2) and What I do everyday (Text 4). Featuring Mr. Ingyu Clement Agyo and Mr. Moro Akanya. hdl:20.500.12434/af886b51

↑ Etulo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
1 2 3 Ezenwafor-Afuecheta, Chikelu I. (2025). Grammar of Etulo: A Niger-Congo (Idomoid) Language. Publications of the Philological Society. Vol. 1. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. doi:10.11647/obp.0467. ISBN 978-1-80511-597-7.

Ezenwafor-Afuecheta, Chikelu I. (2025). Grammar of Etulo: A Niger-Congo (Idomoid) Language. Publications of the Philological Society. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. doi:10.11647/OBP.0467. ISBN 978-1-80511-597-7.

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