Central Ibibio is the major dialect cluster of the Cross River branch of Benue-Congo. Efik proper holds national status in Nigeria and was made the literary standard for the Ibibio language, though Ibibio proper itself has more native speakers.
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RegionAkwa Ibom State and Cross River State, Nigeria 1 Sources
1. Ibibio-Efik languages - Wikipedia
VarietiesQuote, Varieties
Efik-Ibibio is a dialect cluster spoken by about 15 million people of Akwa Ibom State and about 5 million people of Cross River States of Nigeria
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