The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon...
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Abanyom, or Bakor, is a language of the Ekoid subfamily of Niger–Congo. It is spoken by the Abanyom people in the Cross River State region of Nigeria...
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Ekoi people (category Articles containing Ejagham-language text)
found in Cross River State. The Ekoid languages are spoken around this area, although English (the national language) is also spoken. The Ejaham are spread...
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The Kajuk language, Ekajuk (also spelled Akajo and Akajuk), is an Ekoid language (of the Niger–Congo family) spoken in the Cross River State and some surrounding...
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As the closest relative of the Ekoid family of the Southern Bantoid languages, Mbe is fairly close to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical...
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or originated as the Nsibidi system of writing for the Igboid and Ekoid languages from West and Central Africa. According to Milo Rigaud, "The veves...
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the various Narrow Bantu languages, Jarawan, Tivoid, Beboid, Mamfe (Nyang), Grassfields and Ekoid families. The Bendi languages are of uncertain classification;...
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there are numerous Bantoid languages, which are the languages immediately ancestral to Bantu. These include Mambiloid, Ekoid of Cross River State, Bendi...
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The Jagham language, Ejagham, also known as Ekoi, is an Ekoid language of Nigeria and Cameroon spoken by the Ekoi people. The E- in Ejagham represents...
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the Cross River languages, they may be a branch of Southern Bantoid, with observed similarities especially with the Ekoid languages. Very little research...
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hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share...
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The Futop language, Efutop (Ofutop), is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. The E- in Efutop represents the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu...
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has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...
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Ndoe, or Ekparabong is the most divergent of the Ekoid languages of Nigeria and Cameroon. Ndoe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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Niger–Congo languages. This latter group comprises one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages (130 of which...
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Nnam is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. Nnam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Nnam basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database...
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The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include...
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Eka (category Articles containing Estonian-language text)
a tala in Carnatic music Eka language, a Loloish language of China Ekajuk language (ISO-639: eka), an Ekoid language of China Estonian Academy of Arts...
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Nde-Nsele-Nta, or sometimes simply Nde, is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. There are three somewhat distinct dialects, Nde (60% of speakers), Nsele (Nselle)...
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Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...
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importance of the Kru languages for their position at the crossroads of African-European interaction. He wrote that "Kru and associated languages were among the...
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Lists of languages List of proposed language families "Glottolog 5.0 -". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-06-28. "What are the largest language families...
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The Atlantic–Congo languages comprise the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the...
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The Senufo or Senufic languages (Senoufo in French) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and...
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The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...
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Nkem-Nkum, or Isibiri, is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. There are two somewhat distinct dialects, Nkem (Nkim) and Nkum. Nkem-Nkum at Ethnologue (18th ed...
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Senegambian languages, traditionally known as the Northern West Atlantic, or in more recent literature sometimes confusingly as the Atlantic languages, are a...
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Atlantic languages (also the Atlantic languages or North Atlantic languages) of West Africa are a major subgroup of the Niger–Congo languages. The Atlantic...
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The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria...
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of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gur languages. Like most Niger–Congo languages, the ancestor...
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