Cross River Languages - Ibibio Language, Tee Language, Gokana Language, Lower Cross River Languages, Upper Cross River Languages (Paperback)

Chapters: Ibibio language, Tee language, Gokana language, Lower Cross River languages, Upper Cross River languages, Ogoni languages, Oring language, Central Delta languages, Ebughu language, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ibibio or Ibibio-Efik is the major member of the Benue-Congo language family called Cross River. The Efik variety has official status. Ibibio is a dialect cluster spoken by about 31/2 million people of Akwa Ibom State and Cross River States of Nigeria, making it the sixth largest language cluster in Nigeria after Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani, and Kanuri. Specifically, there are 1 million Anaang (as of 1990); 11/2 to 2 million Ibibio (1998)-Ibibio is also used as a trade language; a hundred Ukwa (2004); and 400,000 Efik; Efik also has about 2 million second-language speakers. These arguably constitute a single language, though Ethnologue considers them separate languages. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=143