Otank

UTA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Itang, Itank, Otang, Otanga, Utanga, Utange, Utank

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 70% with Tiv ,, 60% with Iceve-Maci ,, 50% with Evant ,, 40% with Mesaka , and Eman ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Tivoid

Demographics: 15,000 (2006 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Obanliku [bzy].

Nation of Origin: Nigeria

Other Comments: Christian.