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Kutin language

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Region
  
Cameroon

ISO 639-3
  
pfe

Dialects
  
Peere Potopo Patapori

Glottolog
  
peer1241

Native speakers
  
15,000 in Cameroon (1993) and a few in Nigeria

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Leko–Nimbari Duru Voko–Dowayo Vere–Dowayo Kutin

Kutin is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Most Nigerian speakers moved to Cameroon when the Gashaka-Gumti National Park was established.

Blench (2004) considers the three varieties, Peere, Potopo (Kotopo), and Patapori, to be separate languages.

References

Kutin language Wikipedia