• MBAPUUN Tordue Festus
• Jones Gilbert Ijoh Ayuwo

Small language groups in Nigeria are amongst the most understudied undocumented in the world. This makes most of the languages that are almost all endangered to suffer from low vitality. The amount and quality of documentation of a language speakers volumes about the vitality of the language and the extent to which its linguistic vitality can be enhanced. This aim of this study is to assess the amount and quality of documentation for the Etulo language, a small language group spoken in a part of the Etulo Council ward of Buruku Local Government of Benue State, Nigeria with a view of identifying the amount and quality of documentation. It employed the use of the structured sociolinguistic questionnaire, focus groups discussions and participant observations for data collection. Sample of 340 respondents was used for the study. The findings show that the Etulo language does not have any amount of documentation which is one of the main reasons why its vitality is very low. It was recommended that the government should make policies that protect the Etulo language and other small language groups in Benue state and hire language specialists to write a grammar and phonology of the Etulo language and include it into the school curriculum and its use in the media.

"An Assessment of the Amount and Quality of Documentation for the Etulo Language of Benue State", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.933-935, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002347.pdf

"An Assessment of the Amount and Quality of Documentation for the Etulo Language of Benue State", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp933-935, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002347.pdf