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Kalabari

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3ijn

Population  258,000 (Jenewari 1989).
Region  Rivers state, Degema, Akulga, Asaritoru, and Port Harcourt LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 9, reference number 413
Dialects  Mutually intelligible with Bile [bil] (Bille), Kirike [okr], and Ibani [iby].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Ijoid, Ijo, Eastern, Northeastern, Ibani-Okrika-Kalabari
Language development  Grammar. Bible portions: 1980–1991.