Kholok language

Kulung
Native toNigeria
RegionTaraba State
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1977)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ktc
Glottologkhol1240

Kulung (also known as Kode, Koode, Kwoode, Pia, Pitiko, Widala, Wurkum) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.

It is spoken by a group of the Kode people, who refer to themselves as the Widala. The other Kode (Widala) people speak Maghdi, an Adamawa language.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. ↑ Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.