origin. Kalabari-language words have been proposed for some modern technical terms. Kalabari is spoken south of Port Harcourt. Ibani is spoken southeast...

coast. Bonny town is the tribal seat of the Ibani which is located on the bight of Bonny River. Ibani language is spoken predominantly by residents of Bonny...

the island. The local dialect spoken in Bonny Island are Igbo language and Ibani language. The Kingdom of Grand Bonny is located forty kilometers southwest...

(1989) and Williamson & Blench (2000). Ijoid East Nkoroo Kalabari (Bonny/Ibani, Okrika/Kirike) Bille (Touma, Krikama, Jikeama) Southeast Ijo Nembe Akassa...

Upper Cross River languages form a branch of the Cross River languages of Cross River State, Nigeria. The most populous languages are Lokö and Mbembe...

existing Igbo and Ijaw population. The name "Ogoni" originated from the Ibani/Ijaw word- Igoni, which means strangers. Linguistic calculations ns People...

official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the...

Rivers State and the current Head of Rivers State Civil Service Ikuinyi O. Ibani, Former Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly. Tele Ikuru, former Deputy...

diversity, with 28 indigenous languages and dialects being said to be spoken in Rivers State, these include Igbo languages, Ijaw, Ikwerre and Ogoni,. Rivers...

proposed but undemonstrated group of languages linking the Ijaw languages (Ịjọ) with the endangered Defaka language. The similarities, however, may be due...