Ikwerre language

E414167

Ikwerre language is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people in Rivers State, Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ikwerre language canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Igboid language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
Southern Nigeria language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Echie language ⓘ
Etche language ⓘ
linked to: Echie language

Igbo language ⓘ
linked to: Igbo
country Nigeria ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Ikwerre people ⓘ
glottologCode ikwe1241 ⓘ
glottologName Ikwerre ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ikwerre ⓘ
Iwhuruohna (autonym, often for the people and area) ⓘ
hasDialects local varieties across Ikwerre communities ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
nasal consonants ⓘ
tone ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ikw ⓘ
languageFamily Igboid ⓘ
Niger–Congo ⓘ
Volta–Niger ⓘ
partOf Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
Volta–Niger languages ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Niger Delta ⓘ
spokenBy Ikwerre people ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
status minority language in Nigeria ⓘ
subfamilyOf Igboid languages ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in Ikwerre communities ⓘ
local media and religious activities ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Ikwerre people → language → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Ogoni languages → neighboringLanguages → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Igboid languages → containsLanguage → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Rumueme → hasLanguage → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Rumuokparali → languageUsed → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Rumuigbo → hasLanguage → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Igboid → hasMemberLanguage → Ikwerre language ⓘ
Ikwerre people → language → Ikwerre language ⓘ
subject linked to: Ikwerre people of Rivers State
Emohua → primaryLanguageSpoken → Ikwerre language ⓘ