Ibibio language

E279659
Lower Cross River language Niger–Congo language language

The Ibibio language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in southeastern Nigeria by the Ibibio ethnic group and closely related to other Lower Cross River languages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ibibio 3
Ibibio language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lower Cross River language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
classificationStatus distinct language from Efik ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Annang language ⓘ
surface form: Anaang language

Efik language ⓘ
Ibino language ⓘ
Oron language ⓘ
surface form: Oro language
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ibibio people ⓘ
glottocode ibib1240 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ibibio language ⓘ
surface form: Ibibio

Ibibio-Efik (in some classifications) ⓘ
hasDialects various regional dialects ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Annang language ⓘ
surface form: Anaang language

Efik language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem yes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
vowel harmony (in some analyses) ⓘ
hasStandardForm based on Ibibio of Uyo area ⓘ
hasTonalSystem yes ⓘ
iso639-3 ibb ⓘ
languageBranch Cross River ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
languageGroup Lower Cross ⓘ
macroArea Africa ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Cross River State ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Cross-River languages ⓘ
surface form: Cross River languages

Lower Cross branch ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
tonalLanguage true ⓘ
usedBy Ibibio people ⓘ
surface form: Ibibio ethnic group
usedFor local administration in some areas ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
religious activities ⓘ
usedIn education at local level in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
local media in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Ibibio people → language → Ibibio language ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Ibibio language ⓘ
Uyo → languageSpoken → Ibibio language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibibio
Nigerian → languageUsed → Ibibio language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibibio
Ibibio language → hasAlternativeName → Ibibio language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibibio