Tarok

YER

developing

Alternate Names: Appa, Yergam, Yergum

Dialects: Igyang, Itarok (Plain Tarok), Itarok Oga Asa, Izini (Hill Tarok), Selyer.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo

Atlantic-Congo

Volta-Congo

Benue-Congo

Plateau

Tarokoid

Demographics: 300,000 (1998 R. Blench).

Language Use: Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Literacy program in progress. Dictionary. NT: 1988.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Nigeria