Ethnologue.com home

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
16th edition

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
US$ 100.00
Add to cart

Preview print edition


Most Recent
SIL Publications


Reduced Price SIL Publications


ABOUT SSL CERTIFICATES
Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Kukele

Kukele

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3kez

Population  95,000 (1989).
Region  Cross River state, Ogoja LGA; Ebonyi state, Abakaliki LGA; Benue state, Okpokwu and Oju LGAs.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 10, reference number 347
Nigeria, Map 7, reference number 347
Alternate names   Bakele, Ukele
Dialects  Mtezi, Ugbala, Iteeji. 4 dialects in the north, 3 south, besides those named.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Cross River, Delta Cross, Upper Cross, Central, North-South, Koring-Kukele, Kukele
Language development  Literacy program in progress. NT: 1979.
Writing system  Latin script.