Eket language

Language

Ekit
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Akwa Ibom State
Native speakers	400,000 (2020)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Lower Cross Ibibio-Efik Ekit
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `eke` – Ekit `etb` – Etebi
Glottolog	`ekit1245`
ELP	Ekit
	Etebi^[2]

Ekit (Eket) is an Ibibio-Efik language of Nigeria.

References

^ Ekit at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Etebi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Etebi.

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Cross River languages

Central Delta

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe
East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha
Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Ukpet-Ehom

Lower Cross River

Ibibio-Efik	Annang Efik Eket Ibibio
Others	Ebughu Enwang-Uda Ibino Iko Ilue Obolo Okobo Oro Usaghade

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