Kalabari

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A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3
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Population

258,000 (Jenewari 1989).

Location

Rivers state: Degema, Akulga, Asaritoru, and Port Harcourt LGAs.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Ijoid, Ijo, Eastern, Northeastern, Eastern
Dialects

None known. Mutually intelligible with Kirike [okr] and Ibani [iby].

Language Development
Grammar. NT: 2001.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kalabari
Writing

Latin script [Latn].