Efik /ˈɛfɪk/ EF-ik (Usem Efịk) is the indigenous language of the Efik people, who are situated in the present-day Cross River state and Akwa Ibom state...

Efik speak the Efik language which is a member of the Benue–Congo subfamily of the Niger-Congo language group. The Efik refer to themselves as Efik Eburutu...

branch of Benue–Congo. Efik proper has national status in Nigeria and was erroneously made the literary standard of the Ibibio language, though Ibibio proper...

Efik mythology consists of a collection of myths narrated, sung or written down by the Efik people and passed down from generation to generation. Sources...

Efik names are names borne by the Efik people of Southern Nigeria and Western Cameroon. The naming system of the Efik is unique and differs from contemporary...

The following is a list of gods and goddesses from Efik mythology. The Supreme God is known as Abasi. He is regarded as the father of all things. In some...

The Efik religion is based on the traditional beliefs of the Efik people of southern Nigeria. The traditional religious beliefs of the Efik are not systemised...

Efik literature (Efik: Ñwed ikọ Efịk) is literature spoken or written in the Efik language, particularly by Efik people or speakers of the Efik language...

was named by the Portuguese was locally known as Ata Akpa in local Efik language. In modern times the Obong of Calabar is crowned twice, first traditionally...

Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria, belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages. The name Ibibio...

Slessor learned Efik, one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching. Because of her understanding of the native language and her bold personality...

the language of the Efik people Efik mythology, the mythological beliefs of the Efik people Efik religion, the traditional religion of the Efik people...

present: A person of honour and high standing in the Efik Eburutu Kingdom (Efik: Ada Idagha Ke Efik Eburutu) 2 June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation...

Oron, Annang, and Efik proper. The single Gur language spoken is Baatọnun, in the extreme Northwest. The Adamawa–Ubangian languages are spoken between...

other origins (see: Barbados etymology). In Cuba, the Igbo language (along with the Efik language) continues to be used, albeit in a creolized form, in ceremonies...

(Eket) is an Ibibio-Efik language of Nigeria. Ekit at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Etebi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Endangered Languages Project data for...

The Efik calendar (Efik: Ñwed ọfiọñ Efịk) is the traditional calendar system of the Efik people located in present-day Nigeria. The calendar consisted...

companies were registered with the Kano State Filmmakers Association. The Efik-language cinema, also known as Callywood is also a sub-industry of Nollywood...

suggested that buckaroo derives, through Gullah: buckra, from the Ibibio and Efik: mbakara, meaning "white man, master, boss". Although that derivation was...

River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominated this area. The city is adjacent to the Calabar...

Ibuoro is an Ibibio-Efik language of Nigeria. Its dialects are Ibuoro proper, Ito, Itu Mbon Uzo and Nkari. Ibuoro proper at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...

several more languages within the Efik-Ibibio cluster. (See Ibibio-Efik languages.) Forde and Jones (1950) considered Ibino and Oro to be Efik-Ibibio. Below...

Local Government Area followed by the Efik language with Ebughu language, Efai language and Enwang-Uda language. Mbo is divided into six districts. Afaha...

Efai is an Ibibio-Efik language Oro language of Nigeria. Efai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...

where they were born. Unlike the Efik, the Yoruba people saw twins to be of great importance. In the Yoruba language, twins are called "Ibeji" The Yoruba...

the Oron (Oro) language which is in the Cross River language family of the Benue–Congo languages. They are ancestrally related to the Efik people of the...

Anaang (Annang) is the native language of the Anaang people of Nigeria. The Annang speaker of English tends to apply the grammatical rules of Annang in...

Checkmark Books Aye, Efiong U. (1991). A learner's dictionary of the Efik Language, Volume 1. Ibadan: Evans Brothers Ltd. ISBN 9781675276. D. Burrows:...

language is what has for historical reasons been referred to as Efik language, and Uruan and Efik are all Iboku people. According to Uruan historians, like...

languages spoken in the state: English, the common language, Efik, Bekwarra, and Ejagham. The Efik language is widely spoken in Cross River State, especially...