Kalabari language








































Kalabari
Ibani–Kalabari–Kirike
Native to Nigeria
Region Rivers State
Ethnicity
Kalabari, Ibani
Native speakers
(570,000 cited 1989–1995)[1]
Language family

Niger–Congo

  • Ijoid

    • Ijaw
      • East
        • Kalabari




Dialects
  • Kalabari

  • Ibani (Bonny)

Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
ijn – Kalabari
iby – Ibani
okr – 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





  1. ^ Kalabari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Ibani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kirike at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)



  2. ^ 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}


  3. ^ "Kalahari Bibi: Introducing The Kalabari Language". Retrieved 2013-06-15.


  4. ^ "2006 Funded Projects". Endangered Language Fund. Retrieved 2013-06-15.


  5. ^ "Ijoid languages". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-06-15.


  6. ^ 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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