Orring (Korring) is an
Upper Cross River language
The Upper Cross River languages form a branch of the Cross River languages of Cross River State, Nigeria. The most populous languages are Loko and Mbembe, with 100,000 speakers.
Languages
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spoken by the
Oring people in
Nigeria
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.
Related dialects
Dialects are classified under a particular community. Dialects are named by prefixing the community name with the letter K. Eteji (Ntezi) speak K'eteji, Lame (Okpoto) speak Ki'lame, Idzem (
Amuda
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) speak K'idzem, Okpolo (Opkomoro) speak K'okpolo, Uffium( Effium) speak K'uffium in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Ufia (Utonkon) in
Benue State
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speak K'ufia. Ukelle, in
Cross River State
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, speak K'ukelle.
Abakaliki territory
Owing to their heritage in
Ebonyi State
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,
Abakaliki
Abakaliki is the capital city of Ebonyi State in southeastern Nigeria, located southeast of Enugu. The inhabitants are primarily members of the Igbo nation. It was the headquarters of the Ogoja province before the creation of the Southeastern ...
scholars such as C.C Ugoh in his book ''Gods of Abakaliki''
stated that the Orring people settled in Abakaliki territory prior to the coming of the four major
Igbo
Igbo may refer to:
* Igbo people, an ethnic group of Nigeria
* Igbo language, their language
* anything related to Igboland, a cultural region in Nigeria
See also
* Ibo (disambiguation)
* Igbo mythology
* Igbo music
* Igbo art
*
* Igbo-Ukwu, a ...
groups of
Ezza
Ezaa or Ezza is a northeastern Igbo sub-group, in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria. The Ezaa are direct descendants of Ezekuna, and his wife, Anyigo. They are therefore, often referred to as Ezaa Ezekuna. The group is found at the north of Af ...
,
Izzi,
Ikwo
The Ikwo is a subgroup of the Igbo people who live in southeastern Nigeria. The area is rich in mineral resources, and the ancestors of today’s inhabitants developed bronze-casting techniques over a thousand years ago, some found in the town of ...
and
Ngbo. Other writers mentioned the Orring as the aboriginals of Abakaliki region prior to the coming of the Igbo groups.
Orring intermarried with Igbo and created a hybrid culture. The Orring settled in Ntezi-Aba in Abakaliki before spreading to other settlements within Ebonyi State. ''Abakaliki'' is a
Mbembe term the emerged before the coming of the later Abakaliki People.
References
3.
^ Ajifo, Hillary Nnamdi (2017). ''Intergroup relations of Korring speaking people and their neighbours. Project documents, department of History and International Relations, Ebonyi State University.''
4.
^ Aleke, Patrick Awo (2012). Idzem (Amuda) People: Predicament and Cultural Ties.
Languages of Nigeria
Upper Cross River languages
5. U.U. Ugoh (2012). gods of Abakaliki.
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