Tula (also Kotule or Kitule[2]) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria.
| Tula | |
|---|---|
| Native to | northeastern Nigeria |
| Region | Kaltungo LGA, Gombe State |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tul |
| Glottolog | tula1252 |
Dialects edit
Kleinewillinghöfer (2014) lists 3 Tula dialects.[3]
- Tula-Wange (Kutule) is possibly the oldest group. There are several hamlets located on the Tula Plateau. The people refer to themselves as Kɪtʊlɛ.[2]
- Tula-Baule, possibly former Chadic speakers who had shifted to Tula.
- Tula-Yiri or Yili is the smallest and most divergent group.
References edit
- ^ Tula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger. 2020. The phonology and noun morphology of Yi Kɪtʊlɛ: an Adamawa language of East-Central Nigeria.
- ^ Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. The languages of the Tula – Waja Group. Adamawa Languages Project.
- Blench, Roger. 2012. Wordlist and analysis of Tula, and Adamawa language of NE Nigeria.