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Where are Ijo-Defaka languages spoken?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

These languages are spoken in the delta of the Niger river, to the South of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Total number of speakers (estimates)<\/h5>\n

Approximately 1 600 000, according to SIL\u2019s website ethnologue.com.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This group has 10 languages.<\/p>\n

Ijo Family<\/p>\n

East<\/p>\n

Ibani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kalabari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nembe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nkoroo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Orika<\/strong><\/p>\n

West<\/p>\n

Izon<\/strong> (dialect cluster)<\/p>\n

Inland Ijo<\/p>\n

Akita<\/strong> (alternative name: okordia)
\nBiseni
\nOruma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isolate:<\/p>\n

Defaka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments on the classification:<\/h5>\n

We are following Dimmendaal on the one hand, and Blench on the other, for the internal classification.<\/p>\n

These languages are often regarded as belonging to the Niger-Congo group, as a branch of the Atlantic languages. According to Dimmendaal (2008), however, the linguistic proofs for this belonging are insufficient and he prefers to place them in an independent group, for now at least.<\/p>\n

Are Ijo-Defaka languages endangered?<\/h5>\n

Defaka is the only endangered language of the group, according to UNESCO\u2019s atlas of endangered languages, it is considered as \u201ccritically endangered\u201d (level 4 on a scale of 5). It has only about 200 speakers left, all very old, the younger generations have shifted to Nkoroo.<\/p>\n

Other languages of the group might be endangered, but we have no precise information on their vitality.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/h5>\n

Gerrit Dimmendaal, 2008. “Language Ecology and Linguistic Diversity on the African Continent”, Language and Linguistics Compass 2\/5:842<\/p>\n

Brench : http:\/\/www.rogerblench.info\/Language%20data\/Niger-Congo\/Ijoid\/Ijoid%20page.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Kay Williamson & Roger Blench \u201cNiger-Congo\u201d, in Heine, Bernd and Nurse, Derek (eds) African Languages – An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University press (2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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