DEFAKA: a language of Nigeria

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: AFN

ISO 639-2: nic

Population 1,000 or fewer (1992 Crozier and Blench). 
Region Rivers State, Bonny LGA, in the Niger Delta, town of Nkoro.
Alternate names   AFAKANI
Classification Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Ijoid, Defaka.
Comments Related to, but a separate language from the Ijo group. Investigation needed: bilingual proficiency.

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