Kogi state, Nassarawa state, FCT, Kwara state, Niger State, Benue state, Edo state, Ondo State
Ethnicity
Ebira
Native speakers
2.2 million (2020)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta–Niger
noi
Nupoid
Ebira–Gade
Ebira
Language codes
ISO 639-3
igb
Glottolog
ebir1243
Ebira (pronounced as /eh 'be ra/; also known as Igbira, Egbura, or Okene[2]) is a Niger-Congo language. It is spoken by around 2 million people in North central Nigeria. It is the most divergent Nupoid language.[2]
^Ebira at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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Ebira (pronounced as /eh 'be ra/; also known as Igbira, Egbura, or Okene) is a Niger-Congo language. It is spoken by around 2 million people in North...
The Ebira people are an ethnic-linguistic group of North central Nigeria. Most Ebira people are from Kogi State, Nasarawa State. Their language is usually...
at the 2006 census. The predominant people are the Ebira of central Nigeria and the Ebiralanguage is spoken. The postal code of the area is 264. Okene...
Ebiralanguages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones. Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoid languages...
languages to the west by Ebira and the northern Edoid languages. Igala is closely related to both Yoruba and Itsekiri languages. The Itsekiris are a riverine...
unmarried her whole life, is polyglot, who speaks English, Yoruba and Ebiralanguages fluently. In 1975, she had to renounce her British citizenship to naturalize...
Ajaokuta Aja okuda in EbiraLanguage Ajaokuta, Kogi State. LGA and town unfinished Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill Coordinates: 7°33′22″N 6°39′18″E / 7.55611°N...
Nupoid branch of the Benue-Congo group of languages. Other languages in the group are Igbira (Ebira), Gade, and Kakanda. Nupe is related most closely to Kakanda...
Yebira, Ebira and Shiko (箙, lit. the "[Japanese] Quiver (of Arrows)") are types of quiver used in Japanese archery. The quiver is unusual in that in some...
2006 National Population Census figures. It is also the name of their language. Members of the ethnic group speak two dialects. While speakers of the...
a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 4.7 (2022) classifies it as an independent branch of Gadoid/Babyoid rather than as a Nupoid language. There exist...
related to Gupa and Kupa, although there are also some similarities with Ebira. Baka is a Kakanda-speaking town. Blench (2019) lists Kakanda–Budon and...
Nuhuman (1996). Ebira Vacant Stool: Dr. Amezigi Ayamuku Drops Rotation for Ogu Clan for Ohinoyi and Governor for Omavi Clan. Ebira Tao Social Club. Retrieved...
Bariba to the northwest in Benin and Nigeria, the Nupe to the north, and the Ebira to the northeast in central Nigeria. To the east are the Edo, Ẹsan, and...
Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger–Congo languages are all spoken, which are three of the primary African language families. In the 1920s, it was described...
probably about 4.5 million Nupes, principally in Niger State. The Nupe language is also spoken in Kwara, Kogi and Federal Capital Territory. They are primarily...
features two enemies: Unicorns and Ebira. Unicorns are green creatures that move in mostly-repetitive horizontal patterns. Ebira are red crab-like enemies (the...
events can no longer be commemorated on shrine land. Today, two Noh plays, Ebira and Ikuta Atsumori, which retell aspects of the Genpei War, are performed...
Nigerian Languages. Among the twenty-six (26) different languages the Bible has been translated are: Kalabari, Okrika, Isoko, Igala, Igede, Ebira, Yoruba...
Igu (Egbura), northwest by Kakanda, west by the Abinu and to the south by Ebira land. It is a mountainous terrain. A number of Oworo communities are on...
(2012). "The role of Discourse in the typology of downsteps: Evidence from Ebira and Ghotuo" (PDF). International Society of Experimental Linguistics: 1–5...
official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the...
multiple indigenous languages spoken in the state. The main languages are Ebira, Igala and Yoruba (Okun). Other common languages include Nupe, Kakanda...