Iko language

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Iko
Native to Nigeria
Region Akwa Ibom State
Ethnicity Obolo
Native speakers
(ca. 5,000 cited 1988) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 iki
Glottolog ikoo1245 [2]

Iko is a Lower Cross River language of Nigeria. Speakers are ethnically, though not linguistically, Obolo.

Nigeria Federal republic in West Africa

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The constitution defines Nigeria as a democratic secular country.

The Andoni people, part of the Obolo state, of Rivers and Akwa Ibom States, of Nigeria, are related to the Ijaw people of Niger Delta in Nigeria. The Andoni people refer to God as Awaji or Owaji.

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References

  1. Iko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Iko". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.