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Ichi Ijaw

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Alu ku ma neke dabi ki Ijaw tefu otakada chi languages Ịjọ,[1] Ichi Ijaw chi asbo Ijaw ku ma di ejowo south Nigeria a ka

Classification

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Enwu ku ma ko ti ogane chi ami odu ichi Ijaw kpai ukaluka manyi odo gwi Blench (2019).[2]

Ichi Cluster Alu ku ma nwo neke ko tef otakada Odu Ichi Endonym(s) Odu omune kpai odo Other names for language Speakers Location(s)
Nembe–Akaha cluster Nembe–Akaha Brass–Ịjọ 71,500 (1977 Voegelin and Voegelin) Rivers State, Brass LGA
Nembe Nembe–Akaha Nimbi Nembe Brass (older term not giving way to Nembe), Nempe, Itebu (Cust 1883); (Nembe) Brass (Tepowa 1904); Nembe–Brass (Book of Common Prayer, 1957); Ijo (Nembe) (Bible, 1956); Brass–Nembe–Ijaw (Rowlands, 1960); Nembe–Ịjọ (Alagoa, 1967). 66,600 (1963) Rivers State, Brass LGA, Nembe, Ọkpọma and Tụwọn (Brass) towns and nearby villages
Akaha Nembe–Akaha Akasa, Akassaa Akaha Akaha 4,913 (1963) Rivers State, Brass LGA, Opu–Akassa town and nearby hamlets
Bille Bille Touma, Opu Bille Boko Rivers State, Degema LGA; Bille Town and 29 Villages
Inland Ịjọ cluster Inland Ịjọ Rivers State, Yenagoa and Brass LGAs
Biseni Inland Ịjọ Buseni Biseni Biseni Amegi Community consisting of five sections Rivers State, Yenagoa LGA, Akpeịdẹ, Egbebiri, Kalama, Tẹịn and Tụbụrụ towns
Akịta Inland Ịjọ Okordia, Ọkọdi‡ Akịta Akịta Community consisting of six sections, six towns Rivers State, Yenagoa LGA
Oruma Inland Ịjọ Tugbeni Tugbeni Kạạmạ A single town surrounded by Central Delta languages Rivers State, Brass LGA
Kalaḅarị KOIN (Kalaḅarị–Okrika–Ịḅanị–Nkọrọ) Kalaḅarị Kalaḅarị New Calabar 200,000 (1987, UBS) Rivers State, Degema and Asari–Toru LGAs; 3 major towns and 24 villages
Kịrịkẹ KOIN (Kalaḅarị–Okrika–Ịḅanị–Nkọrọ) Okrika Okrika town Rivers State, Okrika LGA
  1. generally pronounced Éwn malábó:IPAc-en in English
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.