Ijaw languages

E89521
Niger–Congo languages language group

Ijaw languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily by the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ijaw languages canonical 27
Ijo languages 6
Ijaw language 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
arealRegion West Africa ⓘ
southern Nigeria ⓘ
classificationStatus divergent branch of Niger–Congo ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicity Ijaw ⓘ
glottologCode ijoi1238 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ijaw languages ⓘ
surface form: Ijo languages

Izon language ⓘ
surface form: Izon languages
hasMember Akassa language ⓘ
Apoi language ⓘ
Arogbo language ⓘ
Bille language ⓘ
Defaka language ⓘ
Gbarain language ⓘ
Izon language ⓘ
Kalabari language ⓘ
Kolokuma language ⓘ
Kugbo language ⓘ
Kumbo language ⓘ
Nembe language ⓘ
Nkoroo language ⓘ
Okrika language ⓘ
Opokuma language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Ijaw languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Ijaw

Eastern Ijaw ⓘ
Western Ijaw ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
linguisticTypology SOV-dominant word order ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
macroLanguageOf Izon language ⓘ
populationGroup millions of speakers ⓘ
primaryRegion Bayelsa State ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
relatedTo Defaka language ⓘ
spokenBy Ijaw people ⓘ
spokenIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
subclassOf Ijoid languages ⓘ
usedFor cultural expression ⓘ
local administration ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Warri → languageSpoken → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Arogbo Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Ijaw people → language → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw language
Ijaw languages → hasSubgroup → Ijaw languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Ijaw
Ijaw languages → hasAlternativeName → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo languages
Ijoid languages → hasSubgroup → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo languages
Ijoid languages → closelyRelated → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo languages
Okrika → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Gbaramatu Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Ijaw Youth Council → languageUsed → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Ogboin Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Boma Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Nembe → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Brass → languageSpoken → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Kolokuma/Opokuma → languageSpoken → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw language
Southern Ijaw → hasLanguage → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Sagbama → hasLanguage → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Itsekiri language → influencedBy → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Yenagoa Local Government Area → primaryLanguageRegion → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Kalabari people → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Okrika Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Okrika language → languageSubfamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Bille language → languageGroup → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Akassa language → subfamilyOf → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Kolokuma language → subfamilyOf → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Opokuma language → subfamilyOf → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Gbarain language → subfamilyOf → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Apoi language → languageGroup → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Arogbo language → subfamilyOf → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Arogbo language → hasAlternativeName → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arogbo Ijaw language
Kumbo language → subfamilyOf → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Eastern Ijaw → languageFamily → Ijaw languages ⓘ
Ijoid → hasPart → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo languages
Kolokuma Ijo → isLinguisticStandardFor → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo languages
Ijo–Defaka → hasPart → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijo languages
Gbaramatu Kingdom → language → Ijaw languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw language