Ikwerre language

E414167

Ikwerre language is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ikwerre language canonical 9

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Igboid language
Niger-Congo language
Southern Nigeria language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Echie language
Echie language
surface form: Etche language

Igbo
surface form: Igbo language
country Nigeria
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Ikwerre people NERFINISHED
glottologCode ikwe1241
glottologName Ikwerre
hasAlternativeName Ikwerre
Iwhuruohna (autonym, often for the people and area)
hasDialects local varieties across Ikwerre communities
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
nasal consonants
tone
ISO639-3Code ikw
languageFamily Igboid
Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo

Volta–Niger
partOf Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo language family

Volta–Niger languages
primaryWordOrder SVO
region Niger Delta
spokenBy Ikwerre people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Nigeria
Rivers State NERFINISHED
status minority language in Nigeria
subfamilyOf Igboid languages
usedFor everyday communication in Ikwerre communities
local media and religious activities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (9)

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

Ikwerre people language Ikwerre language
Ogoni languages neighboringLanguages Ikwerre language
Igboid languages containsLanguage Ikwerre language
Rumueme hasLanguage Ikwerre language
Rumuokparali languageUsed Ikwerre language
Rumuigbo hasLanguage Ikwerre language
Igboid hasMemberLanguage Ikwerre language
Ikwerre people of Rivers State language Ikwerre language
subject surface form: Ikwerre people
Emohua primaryLanguageSpoken Ikwerre language