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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Ilue

Ilue

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3ilv

Population  5,000 (1988).
Region  Akwa Ibom state, Oron LGA.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 10, reference number 485
Alternate names   Idua
Dialects  Listed separately in Crozier and Blench 1992.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Cross River, Delta Cross, Lower Cross, Obolo, Ilue
Language use  Diminishing in size. Shifting to Efik [efi] or Ebughu [ebg] (2000 R. Blench). Mainly adults.