Tula (also ''Kotule'' or ''Kitule''
) is one of the
Savanna languages
The Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui families.
History of classification
The Gur–Adamawa link was demonstrated in ...
of
Gombe State
Gombe State ( ff, Leyddi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the state of Borno and Yobe, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa State ...
, northeastern
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
.
Dialects
Kleinewillinghöfer (2014) lists 3 Tula dialects.
[Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014]
The languages of the Tula – Waja Group
Adamawa Languages Project.
*Tula-Wange (Kutule) is possibly the oldest group. There are several hamlets located on the Tula Plateau. The people refer to themselves as ''Kɪtʊlɛ''.
[Blench, Roger. 2020]
The phonology and noun morphology of Yi Kɪtʊlɛ: an Adamawa language of East-Central Nigeria
*Tula-Baule, possibly former Chadic speakers who had shifted to Tula.
*Tula-Yiri or Yili is the smallest and most divergent group.
References
*Blench, Roger. 2012
Wordlist and analysis of Tula, and Adamawa language of NE Nigeria
Waja languages
Languages of Nigeria
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