Ichi Ekoid

 

Ichi Ekoid languages chi dialect cluster eyi Southern Bantoid languages , ugbo ku ma ki ichi Ekoid chi southeastern Nigeria manyi owo ka ojane Cameroon. Ma sha du ma dama kpai ichi Bantu, )

 

Ami Odu kpai Ugbo ku ma de ojane Nigeria

Ogane chi ami odu ichi, ukaluka amone ma manyi ugbo ku ma de ojane Nigeria gwi Blench (2019).

	Ichi	Cluster	Dialects	Alternate spellings	Own name for language	Endonym(s)	Other names (location-based)	Other names for language	Exonym(s)	Speakers	Location(s)
Bakor cluster	Bakor
Abanyom	Bakor					Abanyom, Abanyum	Befun, Bofon, Mbofon		12,500 (1986)	Cross River State, Ikom LGA, main village Abangkang
Efutop	Bakor		Ofutop			Agbaragba			8,740 (1953), 10,000 (1973 SIL)	Cross River State, Ikom LGA
Ekajuk	Bakor		Akajuk						more than 10,000 (Crabb 1965); 30,000 (1986 Asinya)	Cross River State, Ogoja LGA, Bansara, Nwang, Ntara 1,2 and 3, and Ebanibim towns
Nde–Nsele–Nta cluster	Bakor								10,000 (1973 SIL)	Cross River State, Ikom LGA
Nde	Bakor						Ekamtulufu, Mbenkpe, Udom, Mbofon, Befon		4,000 (1953); est. 12,000 (Asinya 1987)
Nsele	Bakor		Nselle						1,000 (1953); est. 3,000 (Asinya 1987)
Nta	Bakor				Atam, Afunatam				est. 4,500 (Asinya 1987)
Nkem–Nkum cluster	Bakor									Cross River State, Ogoja LGA
Nkem	Bakor	Nkim, Ogoja, Ishibori, Isibiri, Ogboja	Nkim			Ogoja	Ishibori		11,000 (1953); est 18,000 (Asinya 1987)
Nkum	Bakor								5,700 (1953); est. 16,500 (Asinya 1987)
Nnam	Bakor						Ndem		1,230 (1953); est. 3,000 (Asinya 1987)	Cross River State, Ikom and Ogoja LGAs
Ejagham cluster	Ejagham	5 dialects in Nigeria, 4 in Cameroon						Ekoi (Efik name)	80,000 total: 45,000 in Nigeria, 35,000 in Cameroon (1982 SIL)	Cross River State, Akamkpa, Ikom, Odukpani and Calabar LGAs, and in Cameroon
Bendeghe	Ejagham		Bindege, Bindiga, Dindiga				Mbuma			Cross River State, Ikom LGA
Etung North	Ejagham					Icuatai			13,900 (1963)	Cross River State, Ikom LGA
Etung South	Ejagham								4,200 (1963)	Cross River State, Ikom and Akamkpa LGAs
Ejagham	Ejagham						Ekwe, Ejagam, Akamkpa			Cross River State, Akamkpa LGA and in Cameroon
Ekin	Ejagham					Qua, Kwa, Aqua	Abakpa		900 active adult males (1944–45): bilingual in Efik (Cook 1969b)	Cross River State, Odukpani and Calabar LGAs
Ndoe cluster	Ndoe								3,000 (1953)	Cross River State, Ikom LGA
Ekparabong	Ndoe		Akparabong						Towns above 2,102 and 310, respectively, (1953)	Akparabong Town, Bendeghe Affi
Balep	Ndoe						Anep, Anyeb		619 (1953)	Balep and Opu
Mbe		Idum, Ikumtale, Odaje		Mbe	M̀ bè		Ketuen, Mbube (Western)		9,874 (1963); 14,300 (1973 SIL); 20-30,000 (2008 est.). 7 villages (Bansan, Benkpe, Egbe, Ikumtak, Idibi, Idum, Odajie)	Cross River State, Ogoja LGA

Phonology

Alu ku ma ki vowel Proto-Ekoid chi */i e ɛ a ɔ o u/;

Alu ku ma ki consonant nwu chi:

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal / Postalveolar	Velar	Labiovelar
Nasal	m	n	ɲ ~ ŋ		ŋm
Stop / Affricate	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k ɡ	kp ɡb
Fricative	f v	s z	ʃ
Rhotic		r
Approximant	β	l	j	ɣ	w