Ikwerre

E77303

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ikwerre canonical 20
Ikwerre area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Igboid language
Niger-Congo language
language
associatedWithCity Port Harcourt
belongsToMacroArea Africa
closelyRelatedTo Echie language
Echie language
surface form: Etche language

Igbo
surface form: Igbo language
country Nigeria
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Ikwerre people
geographicDistribution Rivers State
surface form: Rivers State, Nigeria
hasAlternativeName Ikwere
Ikwerre Igbo
hasDialects multiple dialects
hasEthnologueEntry Ikwerre self-link
hasGlottocode ikwe1241
hasGlottologName Ikwerre self-link
hasISO6393Code ikw
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone
hasSpeakerCommunity Ikwerre people of Rivers State
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Benue–Congo languages
surface form: Benue–Congo

Igboid
Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
primaryLocation Emohua Local Government Area
Ikwerre Local Government Area
Obio-Akpor Local Government Area
surface form: Obio/Akpor Local Government Area

Port Harcourt
surface form: Port Harcourt Local Government Area
region Niger Delta
spokenBy Ikwerre people
spokenIn Nigeria
Port Harcourt
Rivers State
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Benue–Congo languages
surface form: Benue–Congo

Igboid
Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Rivers State ethnicGroup Ikwerre
Ikwerre hasGlottologName Ikwerre self-link
Ikwerre hasEthnologueEntry Ikwerre self-link
Obio-Akpor languageUsed Ikwerre
Etche borderingGroups Ikwerre
Rumuodomaya hasLanguage Ikwerre
Rumuodara languageUsed Ikwerre
Choba languageSpoken Ikwerre
Choba belongsToEthnicArea Ikwerre
this entity surface form: Ikwerre area
Rumuokoro axis languageUsed Ikwerre
Rumuokwuta languageSpoken Ikwerre
Rumuobiakani hasLanguage Ikwerre
Rumuokwurusi languageSpoken Ikwerre
Emohua ethnicGroup Ikwerre