Efik
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Efik is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Efik people in southeastern Nigeria, especially in Cross River State.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benue–Congo language
ⓘ
Cross River language ⓘ Niger-Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Annang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ibibio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earlyLiteraryDevelopmentSupportedBy | Christian missionaries ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Calabar language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Efik-Ibibio (macrolanguage context) ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Efik folktales
ⓘ
Efik literature ⓘ Efik proverbs ⓘ Efik traditional religion terminology ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Efik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | efik1242 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Efik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | efi ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hausa NERFINISHED ⓘ Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Christian missionary work in southeastern Nigeria ⓘ education in Cross River State ⓘ local media in Cross River State ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (dialect-dependent)
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | Cross River State (regional recognition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Cross River languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfSpeakers | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Cross River area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Efik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cross River State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ southeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| standardizedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFrancaIn | Cross River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedHistoricallyAs | trade language in the Cross River area ⓘ |
| usedIn |
church services in southeastern Nigeria
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting in Cross River State ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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