Kulung language (West Chadic)

Not to be confused with the Kulung language of Chad, which also belongs to the Chadic group.

Kulung
Wurkum
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Karim Lamido LGA, Taraba State
Native speakers	2,000 (2019)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Tangale (South) Kulung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Kulung (Wurkum) is a minor West Chadic language of Karim Lamido LGA, Taraba State, Nigeria that was recently discovered by Roger Blench. The language is not reported in Ethnologue or Glottolog. Blench (2019) gives a rough estimate of about 2,000 speakers.

Kulung speakers consider themselves to be ethnically part of the larger Jarawan Bantu-speaking Kulung, although their language is West Chadic and related to Piya. The language exhibits considerable Jarawan influence but retains its Chadic character.