Ichi Ijaw
Egbá ehuté
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
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Odu kpai Odo
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]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) |
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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 |
References
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- ↑ generally pronounced Éwn malábó:IPAc-en in English
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.