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The Lower Cross River languages form a branch of the Cross River languages of Cross River State, Nigeria. They consist of the divergent Obolo language (or Andoni, 200,000 speakers), and the core of the branch, which includes the 4 million speakers of the
Efik-Ibibio Central Ibibio is the major dialect cluster of the Cross River branch of Benue–Congo. Efik proper has national status in Nigeria and is the literary standard of the Efik languages, though Ibibio proper has more native speakers. Varieties Ef ...
cluster. * Obolo *Lower Cross proper:
Efik-Ibibio Central Ibibio is the major dialect cluster of the Cross River branch of Benue–Congo. Efik proper has national status in Nigeria and is the literary standard of the Efik languages, though Ibibio proper has more native speakers. Varieties Ef ...
, Ibino (Ibeno),
Oro Oro or ORO, meaning gold in Spanish and Italian, may refer to: Music and dance * Oro (dance), a Balkan circle dance * Oro (eagle dance), an eagle dance from Montenegro and Herzegovina * "Oro" (song), the Serbian entry in the 2008 Eurovision S ...
(Oron), Okobo, Iko, Ebughu, Ilue, Enwang-Uda, Usaghade Additionally, ''Ethnologue'' lists several more languages within the Efik-Ibibio cluster. (See
Ibibio-Efik languages Central Ibibio is the major dialect cluster of the Cross River branch of Benue–Congo. Efik proper has national status in Nigeria and is the literary standard of the Efik languages, though Ibibio proper has more native speakers. Varieties Ef ...
.) Forde and Jones (1950) considered Ibino and
Oro Oro or ORO, meaning gold in Spanish and Italian, may refer to: Music and dance * Oro (dance), a Balkan circle dance * Oro (eagle dance), an eagle dance from Montenegro and Herzegovina * "Oro" (song), the Serbian entry in the 2008 Eurovision S ...
to be Efik-Ibibio.


Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).


Reconstructions

Proto-Lower Cross River has been reconstructed by Connell (n.d.)Connell, Bruce. n.d
Comparative Lower Cross wordlist


See also

* List of Proto-Lower Cross River reconstructions (Wiktionary)


References


Further reading

*Connell, Bruce. n.d
Comparative Lower Cross wordlist
Unpublished manuscript. {{Niger-Congo branches Cross River languages