Tula language

Tula
Tula
Native to	northeastern Nigeria
Region	Kaltungo LGA, Gombe State
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Waja–Kam Waja Tula languages Tula; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tul
Glottolog	tula1252

Tula (also Kotule or Kitule^[2]) is one of the Savanna languages of Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria.

Dialects

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.