Ebira language
Ebira (also known as Igbira, Okpoto, Okene[2]) is a Niger-Congo language. It is spoken by around a million people in Kogi State, North central Nigeria. It is the most divergent Nupoid language.[2]
| Ebira | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kogi state, Nassarawa state, Edo state |
| Ethnicity | Ebira |
Native speakers | (1 million cited 1989)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | igb |
| Glottolog | ebir1243 |
Dialects
Varieties of Ebira are:[2]
- Okene dialect, the main prestige dialect used in media and publishing. It is spoken to the west of the Niger-Benue confluence
- Koto (Okpoto) dialect, spoken to the northeast of the Niger-Benue confluence. It is known only from a wordlist in Sterk (1978a).
Blench (2019) lists Okene, Etuno (Tụnọ), and Koto.[3]
References
- Ebira at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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