Efik language

E277565

Benue–Congo language Cross River language Niger–Congo language language

Efik language is a Niger-Congo language of southeastern Nigeria, traditionally spoken by the Efik people of the Cross River region and used historically as a regional lingua franca.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Efik language canonical	14
Standard Efik	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Benue–Congo language ⓘ Cross River language ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Annang language ⓘ Ibibio language ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
developedBy	Efik missionaries and European missionaries ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Efik people ⓘ
family	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
firstBibleTranslationYear	1868 ⓘ
glottocode	efik1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Calabar language ⓘ Efik ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	Yes ⓘ
hasDialects	Efik proper ⓘ Ibibio–Efik continuum ⓘ
hasLexifierInfluence	English loanwords ⓘ Portuguese loanwords ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode	Linguasphere 98-AAA-bc ⓘ
hasLiterature	Efik Bible translation ⓘ Efik hymnals ⓘ
hasMorphologyType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ
hasRegulator	Efik Language Academy ⓘ
hasStandardForm	Efik language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Efik
hasWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
historicalRole	regional trade language in southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
ISO639-2	efi ⓘ
partOfDialectContinuum	Efik–Ibibio dialect cluster ⓘ
region	Cross River region ⓘ southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
spokenIn	Akwa Ibom State ⓘ Cross River State ⓘ
subfamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue–Congo Cross River ⓘ Lower Cross ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Lower Cross River languages ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy	Christian churches in Cross River region ⓘ
usedIn	Cross River ⓘ surface form: Cross River basin education in some schools in Cross River State ⓘ local media in southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Efik people → language → Efik language ⓘ

Southern Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Efik language ⓘ

Calabar → language → Efik language ⓘ

Efik language → hasStandardForm → Efik language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Efik

Efik literature → language → Efik language ⓘ

Duke Town → languageSpoken → Efik language ⓘ

Creek Town → language → Efik language ⓘ

Henshaw → hasLanguage → Efik language ⓘ

Obong of Calabar → languageCommunity → Efik language ⓘ

Duke → language → Efik language ⓘ

Ibibio language → closelyRelatedTo → Efik language ⓘ

Ibibio language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Efik language ⓘ

Cobham → associatedWith → Efik language ⓘ

Ekpe masquerade festival → languageContext → Efik language ⓘ

Edikang Ikong → languageOfName → Efik language ⓘ