Lower Cross branch
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The Lower Cross branch is a subgroup of the Cross River languages within the Niger-Congo family, comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southeastern Nigeria.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language branch
ⓘ
subgroup of Cross River languages ⓘ |
| field | African linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lower Cross cluster
NERFINISHED
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Lower Cross subgroup ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
closely related member languages
ⓘ
high lexical similarity among member languages ⓘ predominantly SVO word order ⓘ tonal languages ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification |
Atlantic-Congo
NERFINISHED
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Benue-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Cross River NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Anaang language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Lower Cross languages ⓘ Efik language NERFINISHED ⓘ Eket language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibeno language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibesikpo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibibio language NERFINISHED ⓘ Iko language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ito language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Cross proper languages ⓘ Obolo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Okobo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Oron language NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | minority language group ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cross River languages
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Cross River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
southeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Cross River historical linguistics
ⓘ
Niger-Congo comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Cross River languages
ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
ethnic groups of Akwa Ibom State
ⓘ
ethnic groups of Cross River State ⓘ |
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