Efik (language)
Efik | ||
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Spoken in |
Nigeria | |
speaker | 500,000 | |
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Official status | ||
Official language in | Nigeria | |
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ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
efi |
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ISO 639-3 |
efi |
Efik or Calabar is a language spoken by 500,000 people in Nigeria in the Cross River State in Calabar and the surrounding area, including the second speakers , the number of speakers is estimated at 2 to 3 million. The speakers are also called Efik . Efik belongs to the Cross-River branch of the Benue-Congo languages , a large sub-unit of the Niger-Congo . It is considered one of the official Nigerian languages and is used in schools, universities and adult education. Its use as a lingua franca is declining. Efik is written in Latin script (with special characters), there are radio and TV programs.
literature
- Hugh Goldie: Dictionary of the Efïk language, in two parts. Glasgow 1862.
- Ernest E. Pritchard: An Efik grammar. London 1963.