Eket language

E1030703

The Eket language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Eket people of Akwa Ibom State in southeastern Nigeria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eket language canonical 3
Ekid language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedWith Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Eket local government area ⓘ
belongsToBranch Cross River branch of Benue–Congo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicity Eket people ⓘ
family Niger–Congo ⓘ
geographicDistribution Eket and surrounding communities in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
glottologClassification Cross River ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Eket ⓘ
Ekid ⓘ
Ekid language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639Status no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
isSpokenAs native language ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
macrofamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
region southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
spokenBy Eket people ⓘ
spokenIn Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
status minority language in Nigeria ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Benue–Congo ⓘ
Cross River languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn local trade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eket people → speak → Eket language ⓘ
Eket people → speak → Ekid language ⓘ
linked to: Eket language
Oron language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Eket language ⓘ
Lower Cross branch → hasMember → Eket language ⓘ