Montol language

{{Short description|Afroasiatic language}} {{Infobox language |name=Montol |nativename=Tɛɛl |states=Nigeria |region=Plateau State |speakers={{sigfig|21900|2}} |date=1990 |ref = e18 |familycolor=Afroasiatic |fam2=Chadic |fam3=West Chadic |fam4=Bole–Angas |fam5=Angas (A.3)<ref>Blench, 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)</ref> |iso3=mtl |glotto=mont1280 |glottorefname=Montol }} '''Montol''' is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its dialects are Baltap-Lalin and Montol.<ref name=e18/> Roger Blench (2017) uses the name '''Tel''' or '''Tɛɛl''' for Montol, which is sometimes transcribed as '''Tehl'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tehl |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mtl/ |website=Ethnologue |publisher=SIL Global |access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="Blench2017">Blench, Roger. 2017. [https://www.academia.edu/35507157/CURRENT_RESEARCH_ON_THE_A3_WEST_CHADIC_LANGUAGES Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages].</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montol language}} Category:West Chadic languages Category:Languages of Nigeria