Kalabari language
Kalabari | |
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Ibani–Kalabari–Kirike | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Rivers State |
Ethnicity | Kalabari, Ibani |
Native speakers |
(570,000 cited 1989–1995)[1] |
Language family |
Niger–Congo
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:ijn – Kalabariiby – Ibaniokr – Kirike |
Glottolog | kaki1246 [2] |
Kalabari is an Ijo language of Nigeria spoken in Rivers State and Bayelsa State.[3] Its three dialects are mutually intelligible. The Kalabari dialect (Kalabari proper) is one of the best-documented varieties of Ijo, and as such is frequently used as the prime example of Ijo in linguistic literature.
As of 2005, the language, "spoken by 258,000 people, [was] endangered largely because of the massive relocation that has taken place in the area due to the development of Nigeria's oil industry in the Port Harcourt region."[4]
The Kalabari language became the basis of Berbice, a Dutch Creole spoken in Eastern Guyana.[5]
Kalabari language words have been proposed for some modern technical terms.[6]
References
^ Kalabari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ibani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kirike at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "KaKiBa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Kalahari Bibi: Introducing The Kalabari Language". Retrieved 2013-06-15.
^ "2006 Funded Projects". Endangered Language Fund. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
^ "Ijoid languages". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
^ Iyalla-Amadi, Priye E. (March 2012). "Lexicological Development of Kalabari Language in the Age of Technology: A Comparative Study of French and Kalabari" (PDF). The Journal of Pan African Studies. 5 (1): 154–163. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
External links
- Kalabari - English Dictionary
Braide, Pastor Daiwari. Kalabari Children's Dictionary. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
"Kalahari Bibi: Introducing The Kalabari Language". Retrieved 2013-06-15.
"Ijaw: Okrika language - Audio Bible stories and lessons". Global Recordings Network. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
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