Nde-Nsele-Nta
| Nde (Befon) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Nigeria (State of Cross River ) | |
| speaker | 19,500 (1987) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
ndd |
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The Nde language (also called Nde-nsele-nta ; ISO 639-3: ndd) is an ekoid language spoken by a total of 19,500 speakers (1987) in the Nigerian state of Cross River .
The language has a total of three dialects, these are Nde (12,000; also called ekamtulufu, mbenkpe, udom, mbofon or befon ) with 60% speakers, Nsele (3,000) and Nta (4,500; also called atam or afunatam ).
Within the Niger-Congo language family, the language belongs to the group of southern Bantoid languages .