🇳🇬 Language

Oring

Evidence: Multiple sources

Oring (Korring) is a cluster of Upper Cross River languages spoken in Benue and Ebonyi states. In Benue it is represented by Ufia, the speech of the Ufia (Utonkon) people. Its ISO 639-3 code is org.

Key facts
Type
Language
ISO 639-3
org
Glottocode
orin1239
Connections
Other names
  • Korring · alternative
    Also Koring, Orri (Blench's Atlas).
Sources
  1. Glottolog 5.3 — languoid catalogue — Glottolog (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Oring orin1239, ISO org, Upper Cross; Ufia listed as a dialect
  2. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Oring cluster (incl. Ufia, Ufiom and Okpoto): Benue State; Ufia = Utonkon
  3. Korring — Wikipedia · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Orring (Korring) spoken in Benue, Cross River and Ebonyi; the Ufia (Utonkon) of Benue speak K'ufia

Last updated 24 September 2026. Spotted an error or have a source to add? Tell us.

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