Ekpeye language is one of many Igbo dialects spoken in Rivers State, Nigeria. According to Roger Blench, Ekpeye is classified as an Igboid language. The...
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administrative headquarters of the Ekpeye ethnic nation. The Ekpeye language is closely related to Ikwerre and Ogba language, and the people are descendants...
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the Ekpeye language is majorly spoken, though there are other languages in Ahoada like: Engenni, Ogba, and Ikwerre. Now in Ahoada it is only ekpeye and...
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African Institute, London. Clark, David J. 1969. A grammatical study of Ekpeye. University of London doctoral dissertation. Blench, Roger. 2016. A reconstruction...
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Igboid, i.e. Igbo language proper, Ukwuani, Ikwerre, Ekpeye etc., Yoruboid, i.e. Yoruba, Itsekiri and Igala, Akokoid (eight small languages in Ondo, Edo and...
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Igbo people (category Articles containing Igbo-language text)
Igbo is a tonal language, and there are hundreds of different Igbo dialects and Igboid languages, such as the Ikwerre and Ekpeye languages. In 1939, Dr....
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Niger-Congo family of languages. Based on lexicostatistical analysis, Kay Williamson first asserted that the Ikwerre, Ekpeye, and Ogba, languages belonged to the...
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Rivers State (section Languages)
Ogba, Ekpeye, Degema, Ijaw, Ogoni, and Kalabari. The state is particularly noted for its linguistic diversity, with 30 Indigenous languages being said...
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EKP (category Articles containing Estonian-language text)
Party of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa Kommunistlik Partei), defunct Ekpeye language European Central Bank, abbreviated "EKP" in Finnish Federal Commission...
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Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70...
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State. The Ikwerre cultural area is bordered by Ogba to the northwest, the Ekpeye and Abua to the west, the Ijoid groups of Degema, the Kalabari and Okrika...
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List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Russian-language sources (ru))
group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
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Igboid group in Rivers State. Nde-Ogba shares historical ties with the Ekpeye and Ikwerre tribes. The later would go on to establish the Ogba ethnic nationality...
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some Ekpeye speaking communities (mostly from the Ubie and Ibuduya clan) and Engenni and Ogbogolo communities. Thus there are three distinct languages namely...
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South South (section Languages)
Igbanke Bini Rivers Andoni Okrika Kalabari Engenni Ikwerre Ogba Etche . Ekpeye Ndoki Igbo Ukwuani Egbema Ijaw Nkoro Ogoni Degema Abua Odual On a federal...
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Ijaw people (section Language)
centuries. The Ijaw languages include about 20 closely related varieties, with Central Izon being the most widely spoken. Other languages in this group include...
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Igbo people in Jamaica (category Languages of Jamaica)
large part in forming Jamaican culture, Igbo cultural influence remains in language, dance, music, folklore, cuisine, religion and mannerisms. In Jamaica the...
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Afemai people (section Language)
AD. Shortly after this critical period of war, Akalaka and his two sons Ekpeye and Ogba migrated further southeast to first settle at Ula-Ubie, and subsequently...
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Ngwa people (category CS1 Igbo-language sources (ig))
village meeting and entertainment with the Standard Igbo being the preferred language for administrative and educational purposes. The Ngwa dialect is classified...
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they developed a strong Igbo culture and formed their own dialect of Igbo language. During the Scramble for Africa, Ndoki became a British protectorate on...
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Igbo Americans (category Articles containing Igbo-language text)
Carolina. Igbo Americans introduced the Igbo word okra into the English language. The recent migrant population from Nigeria settled in many of the United...
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Bayelsa State (section Languages)
people, from where migration took place to other Ijaw settlements. The languages spoken are Ijaw, Ogbia, Nembe, Epie, along with Igbo, Isoko and Urhobo...
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sprung. This inference too is supported not only by the purity of the language, but by this right of dispensing or rather of confer-ring royalty which...
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Gokana, Tai and Eleme), the Etche, Egbema, Omuma, Ogba, Ikwerre, Ndoni, Ekpeye and Ndoki in Rivers State. Eastern Niger Delta consists of Cross River State...
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anti-Igbo pogrom Nigerian-Biafran War Nigeria Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda Ekpeye Etche Ezaa Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Isu Izzi Mbaise Mgbo Ndoki Ngwa Nri-Igbo Ogba...
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Ukwuani people (category Languages of Nigeria)
Ekoi Eleme Esan Fon Fula Gbagyi Goemai Hausa Ibibio Idoma Igala Igede Igbo Ekpeye Etche Ikwerre Ukwuani Ijaw Bille Engenni Ibani Kalabari Kula Nkoro Nkoroo...
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Part of a series on Igbo people Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda Ekpeye Etche Ezza Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Ishielu Izzi Mbaise Mgbo Ngwa Nkalu Nri-Igbo Ogba Ohafia Ohuhu...
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This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with {{{1}}}. Index | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t...
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Mazi F. C. Ogbalu, a teacher of Igbo language and culture and the founder of the Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture; C.G.I. Eneli a history...
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