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Ebira
Native toNigeria
RegionKogi state, Nassarawa state, FCT, Kwara state, Niger State, Benue state, Edo state, Ondo State
EthnicityEbira
Native speakers
2.2 million (2020)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • noi
        • Nupoid
          • Ebira–Gade
            • Ebira
Language codes
ISO 639-3igb
Glottologebir1243

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]

  1. ^ Ebira at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Blench2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones. Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoid languages...

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Yoruboid languages

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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...

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unmarried her whole life, is polyglot, who speaks English, Yoruba and Ebira languages fluently. In 1975, she had to renounce her British citizenship to naturalize...

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Ajaokuta Aja okuda in Ebira Language Ajaokuta, Kogi State. LGA and town unfinished Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill Coordinates: 7°33′22″N 6°39′18″E / 7.55611°N...

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Nupe language

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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...

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Yebira

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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...

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Gbagyi people

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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...

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Gade language

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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...

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Kakanda language

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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...

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Ado Ibrahim

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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...

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Yoruba people

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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...

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Middle Belt

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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...

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Nupe people

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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...

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Flappy

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features two enemies: Unicorns and Ebira. Unicorns are green creatures that move in mostly-repetitive horizontal patterns. Ebira are red crab-like enemies (the...

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Ikuta Shrine

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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...

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Bible Society of Nigeria

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Nigerian Languages. Among the twenty-six (26) different languages the Bible has been translated are: Kalabari, Okrika, Isoko, Igala, Igede, Ebira, Yoruba...

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Oworo people

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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...

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Ghotuo language

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(2012). "The role of Discourse in the typology of downsteps: Evidence from Ebira and Ghotuo" (PDF). International Society of Experimental Linguistics: 1–5...

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List of ethnic groups in Nigeria

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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...

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Kogi State

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multiple indigenous languages spoken in the state. The main languages are Ebira, Igala and Yoruba (Okun). Other common languages include Nupe, Kakanda...

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