Epie
| Epie | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Bayelsa ( Nigeria ) | |
| speaker | 12,000 (in 1973) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
epi |
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The Epie language (ISO 639-3 is epi ) is an edoid language from the Niger-Congo language family , spoken in the Nigerian state of Bayelsa , in the communal area (LGA) of Yenagoa.
It is one of the three edoid languages from the Delta subgroup. It is spoken by around 12,000 people from the Epie and Atissa ethnic groups . The people of the Plema Atissa speak the dialect atissa or atisa. The speakers of the Epie are mostly bilingual with the language English , since English is the only language of instruction in the country. But some can also use the Izon [ijc].
literature
- Thomas, Elaine, and Kay Williamson. 1967. "Wordlists of delta Edo: Epie, Engenni, Degema." In Occasional Papers 8, p. 105. Accra: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ epi
- ↑ Ethnologue
- ↑ (1973 SIL)