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Lower Cross River languages

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The Lower Cross River languages form a branch of the Cross River languages of Cross River State, Nigeria, within the Niger-Congo family. The branch consists of the divergent Obolo, or Andoni, language and a core Efik-Ibibio cluster with over 15 million speakers.

Facts
Region
Southeastern Nigeria and lower southwest Cameroon 2
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Lower Cross River reconstructed by Connell (unpublished) 2
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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
23 1
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Lower Cross (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 23
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Lower Cross River languages, Wikipedia
  • Infobox: region
    Nigeria; Roughly west of the Imo estuary to east of the Cross estuary. lower Southwest Cameroon
  • Reconstructions
    Proto-Lower Cross River has been reconstructed by Connell (n.d.)
  • Article text
    Proto-Lower Cross River has been reconstructed by Connell (n
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Wikidata: Lower Cross River languages
Wikidata Q3813193, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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