Cross-River languages

E909681

branch of Benue–Congo languages language family

Cross-River languages are a branch of Benue–Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Nigeria, known for their considerable diversity and complex noun class systems.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cross River languages	12
Lower Cross River languages	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Benue–Congo languages ⓘ language family ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Cross River region of Nigeria ⓘ Niger Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Cross River branch ⓘ Cross River languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	complex noun class systems ⓘ considerable internal diversity ⓘ tone languages ⓘ
hasEstimatedNumberOfLanguages	dozens of distinct languages ⓘ
hasMember	Anaang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Boki language NERFINISHED ⓘ Efik language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ekoi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gokana language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibibio language NERFINISHED ⓘ Khana language NERFINISHED ⓘ Leggbo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lokaa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbembe language ⓘ Obolo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogbia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yako language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	prefixal noun class marking ⓘ rich noun class agreement ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex consonant systems ⓘ contrastive tone ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Bendi languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Delta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Gokana–Khana group NERFINISHED ⓘ Korop–Okorouta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Cross River languages ⓘ Ogoni languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Cross River languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Delta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	agreement between nouns and modifiers ⓘ
isStudiedIn	Niger–Congo comparative linguistics ⓘ
isSubjectOf	historical-comparative research ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	southern Nigeria ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Nigeria ⓘ southeastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicallyRelatedTo	other Benue–Congo languages ⓘ