Ndoe
| Ndoe (Ekparabong-Balep) | ||
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Spoken in |
Nigeria (State of Cross River ) | |
| speaker | 7,340 (2000) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
nbb |
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The Ndoe language (ISO 639-3: nbb) is an ekoid language spoken by a total of 7,340 speakers (2000) in the Nigerian state of Cross River .
The language has the dialects ekparabong (also called akparabong ) and balep ( anep or anyep ), which are spoken by the two ethnic groups Ekparabong and Anep .
The language itself belongs to the language group of the South Bantoid languages within the Niger-Congo language family .