Ikwerre

E77303

Igboid language Niger-Congo language language

Ikwerre is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people in Rivers State, Nigeria, particularly in and around Port Harcourt.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Igboid language → Niger-Congo language → language →
associatedWithCity	Port Harcourt →
belongsToMacroArea	Africa →
closelyRelatedTo	Echie language → Etche language → Igbo language →
country	Nigeria →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable →
ethnicGroup	Ikwerre people NERFINISHED →
geographicDistribution	Rivers State, Nigeria NERFINISHED →
hasAlternativeName	Ikwere → Ikwerre Igbo →
hasDialects	multiple dialects →
hasEthnologueEntry	Ikwerre →
hasGlottocode	ikwe1241 →
hasGlottologName	Ikwerre →
hasISO6393Code	ikw →
hasLinguisticTypology	SVO word order →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → tone →
hasSpeakerCommunity	Ikwerre people of Rivers State →
isMinorityLanguageIn	Nigeria →
languageFamily	Atlantic–Congo → Benue–Congo NERFINISHED → Igboid → Niger–Congo NERFINISHED →
primaryLocation	Emohua Local Government Area → Ikwerre Local Government Area → Obio/Akpor Local Government Area → Port Harcourt Local Government Area →
region	Niger Delta →
spokenBy	Ikwerre people NERFINISHED →
spokenIn	Nigeria → Port Harcourt → Rivers State NERFINISHED →
subfamilyOf	Atlantic–Congo → Benue–Congo NERFINISHED → Igboid → Niger–Congo NERFINISHED →
usedAs	vernacular language in Ikwerre communities →
usedIn	cultural activities of Ikwerre people → local administration in Ikwerre areas → oral literature of Ikwerre people →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rivers State →	ethnicGroup
Ikwerre →	hasEthnologueEntry
Ikwerre →	hasGlottologName
Obio-Akpor Local Government Area →	localLanguage
Port Harcourt →	majorLocalLanguage