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Ekoid
The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon. They have long been associated with the Bantu languages, without their status being precisely defined. Crabb (1969) remains the major monograph on these languages, although regrettably, Part II, which was to contain grammatical analyses, was never published. Crabb also reviews the literature on Ekoid up to the date of publication. The nearby Mbe language is the closest relative of Ekoid and forms with it the Ekoid–Mbe branch of Southern Bantoid. Languages ''Ethnologue'' lists the following Ekoid varieties with the status of independent languages. Branching is from Watters (1978) and Yoder et al. (2009). * Ndoe *(core) ** Ejagham (Ekoi) **Efutop–Ekajuk: Efutop, Nde-Nsele-Nta, Abanyom, Nkem-Nkum, Ekajuk– Nnam Names and locations (Nigeria) Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations (in Nigeria only) from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekin Language
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 the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili The Ekoi are one of several peoples who use Nsibidi ideographs, and may be the ones that created them. Writing System A Jagham alphabet was developed by John R. Watters and Kathie Watters in 1981. Dialects Ekoi is dialectally diverse. The dialects of Ejagham are divided into Western and Eastern groups: * Western varieties include Bendeghe, Northern and Southern Etung, Ekwe and Akamkpa-Ejagham; * Eastern varieties include Keaka and Obang. Blench (2019) also lists Ekin as an Ejagham dialect. Morphology Ekoi has the following noun classes, listed here with their Bantu equivalents. Watters (1981) says there are fewer than in Bantu because of mergers (class 4 into 3, 7 into 6, etc.), though Blench notes that there is no reason to think that the common an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etung Language
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 the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili The Ekoi are one of several peoples who use Nsibidi ideographs, and may be the ones that created them. Writing System A Jagham alphabet was developed by John R. Watters and Kathie Watters in 1981. Dialects Ekoi is dialectally diverse. The dialects of Ejagham are divided into Western and Eastern groups: * Western varieties include Bendeghe, Northern and Southern Etung, Ekwe and Akamkpa-Ejagham; * Eastern varieties include Keaka and Obang. Blench (2019) also lists Ekin as an Ejagham dialect. Morphology Ekoi has the following noun classes, listed here with their Bantu equivalents. Watters (1981) says there are fewer than in Bantu because of mergers (class 4 into 3, 7 into 6, etc.), though Blench notes that there is no reason to think that the common an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendeghe Language
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 the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili The Ekoi are one of several peoples who use Nsibidi ideographs, and may be the ones that created them. Writing System A Jagham alphabet was developed by John R. Watters and Kathie Watters in 1981. Dialects Ekoi is dialectally diverse. The dialects of Ejagham are divided into Western and Eastern groups: * Western varieties include Bendeghe, Northern and Southern Etung, Ekwe and Akamkpa-Ejagham; * Eastern varieties include Keaka and Obang. Blench (2019) also lists Ekin as an Ejagham dialect. Morphology Ekoi has the following noun classes, listed here with their Bantu equivalents. Watters (1981) says there are fewer than in Bantu because of mergers (class 4 into 3, 7 into 6, etc.), though Blench notes that there is no reason to think that the common an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbe Language
Mbe is a language spoken by the Mbube people of the Ogoja, Cross River State region of Nigeria, numbering about 65,000 people in 2011. 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 Niger–Congo noun-class system. Phonology Vowels Vowels are . Consonants Mbe has a rather elaborate consonant inventory compared to the Ekoid languages, presumably due to contact from neighbouring Upper Cross River languages. All Mbe consonants apart from the labial–velars () and have labialised counterparts. ( is presumably .) In addition, the non-labialised peripheral stops (; palatalised would be ) and the liquids () have palatalised counterparts. There are a few consonants that only occur in ideophones, such as . An interesting additional contrast is between fortis and lenis . Fortis (long?) half-rounds a following vowel such as , whereas lenis does not. This distinction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ejagham Language
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 the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili The Ekoi are one of several peoples who use Nsibidi ideographs, and may be the ones that created them. Writing System A Jagham alphabet was developed by John R. Watters and Kathie Watters in 1981. Dialects Ekoi is dialectally diverse. The dialects of Ejagham are divided into Western and Eastern groups: * Western varieties include Bendeghe, Northern and Southern Etung, Ekwe and Akamkpa-Ejagham; * Eastern varieties include Keaka and Obang. Blench (2019) also lists Ekin as an Ejagham dialect. Morphology Ekoi has the following noun classes, listed here with their Bantu equivalents. Watters (1981) says there are fewer than in Bantu because of mergers (class 4 into 3, 7 into 6, etc.), though Blench notes that there is no reason to think that the common an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Bantoid Languages
Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon (though the affiliation of some branches is uncertain). Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by ''Ethnologue'', though many of these are mutually intelligible. History Southern Bantoid was first introduced by Williamson in a proposal that divided Bantoid into North and South branches. The unity of the North Bantoid group was subsequently called into question, and Bantoid itself may be polyphyletic, but the work did establish Southern Bantoid as a valid genetic unit, something that has not happened for (Narrow) Bantu itself. Internal classification According to Williamson and Blench, Southern Bantoid is divided into the various Narrow Bantu languages, Jarawan, Tivoid, Beboid, Mamfe (Nyang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efutop Language
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 ''ki-'' in ''KiSwahili''. One of a number of similar but distinct languages spoken in the Cross River region, its area includes the town of Abaragba as well as Ekpokpa, Mkpura, Ndim The New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) is a state not-for-profit business school in Tughlakabad, New Delhi. Established in 1992, NDIM offers AICTE-approved 2-year full-time PGDM. The PGDM at NDIM is approved by the AICTE since 1996, de ..., Okanga-Nkpansi, Okanga-Njimowan, and Okosura. The vocabulary for David W. Crabb's item in ''Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja'' was from Mr. Anthony A. Eyam of Abaragba. Phonology Tone Significant tone is important in this language. Vocabulary Some vocabulary (in a simplified orthography, without tone markings): * ''nhnham'' - animal (low tone-low tone) ''nh'' is palatal * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abanyom Language
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. A member of the Southern Bantoid group, Abanyom is fairly closely related to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical Niger–Congo noun class In linguistics, a noun class is a particular category of nouns. A noun may belong to a given class because of the characteristic features of its referent, such as gender, animacy, shape, but such designations are often clearly conventional. Some ... system. Abanyom is also a clan/Ward in Ikom. It comprises the following Communities; Edor, Abangork, Akumabal, Abinti, Nkim, Nkum, Nkarassi 11, Nkarassi 1, Abankang, Etikpe, and Nkonfap. Abankang is referred to as the mother of Abanyom. Sources *Asinya, O.E. 1987. A reconstruction of the Segmental phonology of Bakor (an Ekoid Bantu language). M.A. Linguistics, University of Port Harcourt External links Abanyom basic lexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakor Language
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. A member of the Southern Bantoid group, Abanyom is fairly closely related to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical Niger–Congo noun class In linguistics, a noun class is a particular category of nouns. A noun may belong to a given class because of the characteristic features of its referent, such as gender, animacy, shape, but such designations are often clearly conventional. Some ... system. Abanyom is also a clan/Ward in Ikom. It comprises the following Communities; Edor, Abangork, Akumabal, Abinti, Nkim, Nkum, Nkarassi 11, Nkarassi 1, Abankang, Etikpe, and Nkonfap. Abankang is referred to as the mother of Abanyom. Sources *Asinya, O.E. 1987. A reconstruction of the Segmental phonology of Bakor (an Ekoid Bantu language). M.A. Linguistics, University of Port Harcourt External links Abanyom basic lexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkem-Nkum Language
Nkem-Nkum, or ''Isibiri'', is an Ekoid language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... There are two somewhat distinct dialects, Nkem (Nkim) and Nkum. References External linksNkem-Nkum basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Ekoid languages Languages of Nigeria {{SBantoid-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nnam Language
Nnam is an Ekoid language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... References External links Nnam basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Ekoid languages Languages of Nigeria {{SBantoid-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekajuk Language
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 regions of Nigeria. The Ekajuk are one of several peoples who use the nsibidi Nsibidi (also known as nsibiri, nchibiddi or nchibiddy) is a system of symbols or proto-writing developed in what is now the far South of Nigeria. They are classified as pictograms, though there have been suggestions that some are logograms or sy ... ideographs. References External linksSample paragraph in Ekajuk Ekoid languages [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
