Ijo–Defaka

E411366
Niger–Congo language group language family

Ijo–Defaka refers to a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, notable for their distinct linguistic features and limited number of speakers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ijo 2
Central Ijo 1
Ijo–Defaka canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo language group ⓘ
language family ⓘ
endangermentStatus endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution creeks and coastal areas of the Niger Delta ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ijoid ⓘ
Ijoid languages ⓘ
hasGeneticClassification Atlantic–Congo (proposed) ⓘ
Ijoid branch ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
hasLinguisticFeature basic SOV word order in many varieties ⓘ
complex aspect and tense marking ⓘ
distinctive pronominal systems ⓘ
noun class remnants or reduced gender systems ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tonal phonology ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Defaka ⓘ
Kalabari Ijo ⓘ
Kolokuma Ijo ⓘ
Nembe-Ijo ⓘ
surface form: Nembe Ijo

Okrika Ijaw ⓘ
surface form: Okrika Ijo
hasNumberOfSpeakers small ⓘ
hasPart Defaka language ⓘ
Ijaw languages ⓘ
surface form: Ijo languages
hasResearcher Kay Williamson ⓘ
Roger Blench ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature languages are under pressure from dominant regional languages ⓘ
many speakers are bilingual or multilingual ⓘ
hasTypologicalNote shows structural features unusual for many Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
sometimes considered divergent within Niger–Congo ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isSubjectOf historical-comparative linguistic research ⓘ
morphosyntactic studies ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ
languageShiftTo English ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
neighboring Ijo varieties ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
spokenIn Bayelsa State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rivers State NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Ijoid languages → alternativeName → Ijo–Defaka ⓘ
Izon language → alternativeName → Ijo–Defaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo
Opokuma language → belongsToBranch → Ijo–Defaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Ijo
Ijoid family → hasMember → Ijo–Defaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo