Tarok language

Tarok
Yergam
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State, Taraba State
EthnicityTarok
Native speakers
(300,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yer
Glottologtaro1263

Tarok is a regionally important Plateau language in the Langtang area of southeast Plateau State, Nigeria, where it serves as a local lingua franca. Blench (2004) estimates around 150,000 speakers.[2]

  1. ^ Tarok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.