Barkul language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

• Atlantic - Congo Benue - Congo plateau Eastern Plateau

Mae

The language of Bo - Rukul (ISO 639-3: mae, also " Kaleri " mabo - Barkul, mabo - barukul ) is a platoide language spoken by a total of 2,000 people in the Nigerian state of Plateau in the villages Barkul, Mabo, Richa and Mwa is spoken in the local government area Bokkos.

There are two dialects spoken in the speech, and bo rukul both of 1,000 speakers. Together with the languages ​​Fyam [ pym ] and Horom [ hoe ], both from Nigeria, the Bo - Rukul is the subgroup of the southern plateau languages. Culturally, the Kaleri similar to Kulere, but the language comes from the Chadian language group. The Bo - Rukul spokesman speak as second languages ​​usually also Hausa [ hau ], Kulere [ kul ] and English [ eng].