The Cross River or Delta-Cross languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo language family spoken in south-easternmost Nigeria, with some speakers in south-westernmost Cameroon. The branch was first formulated by the linguist Joseph Greenberg, and it is one of the few of his branches of Niger-Congo that has withstood the test of time.
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Classification Confidence RegionSouth-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon 2 Connections
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Cross River is a primary branch of Benue-Congo spoken in southeastern Nigeria.
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1. Glottolog: Delta Cross (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 57
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Cross River languages - Wikipedia
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spoken in south-easternmost Nigeria, with some speakers in south-westernmost Cameroon
Wikidata: Cross River languages
Wikidata Q1141096, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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