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Montol language

Montol is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its dialects are Baltap-Lalin and Montol. Roger Blench (2017) uses the name Tel or Tɛɛl for Montol, which is sometimes transcribed as Tehl.

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Montol
Tɛɛl
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
(22,000 cited 1990)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3mtl
Glottologmont1280

Montol is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its dialects are Baltap-Lalin and Montol.1 Roger Blench (2017) uses the name Tel or Tɛɛl for Montol, which is sometimes transcribed as Tehl.34

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  1. Montol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. "Tehl". Ethnologue. SIL Global. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  4. Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.