Ibibio

Ibibio is a Lower Cross (Delta Cross, Cross River, New Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo) language spoken mainly in Akwa Ibom State and in parts of Cross River State, both located in the southeastern part of Nigeria. The number of speakers is estimated at about four million (Essien 1991). Previous work on Ib...

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Published inJournal of the International Phonetic Association Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 105 - 109
Main Author Urua, Eno-Abasi E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2004
Cambridge University Press for the International Phonetic Association
Subjects
African languages
Alveolar consonants
Consonants
Descriptive studies and applied theories
Dialects
Ibibio-Efik languages
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IPA
Language
Linguistics
Nasal consonants
Phonetics
River deltas
Stop consonants
Teachers
Tone of voice
Verbs
Vowels
Nigeria
Consonant
International Phonetic Alphabet
Vowel
Phonetic transcription
Phonetics
Phonology
Dialectology
Phonemic system
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Summary:Ibibio is a Lower Cross (Delta Cross, Cross River, New Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo) language spoken mainly in Akwa Ibom State and in parts of Cross River State, both located in the southeastern part of Nigeria. The number of speakers is estimated at about four million (Essien 1991). Previous work on Ibibio phonetics includes Connell (1992, 1994, 1995) and Urua (1996/97, 2000, 2002). The variety presented here is spoken in Uruan area and Uyo, the capital city of Akwa Ibom State and the recording is that of the author, a female university teacher from Uruan.
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ISSN:0025-1003
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DOI:10.1017/S0025100304001550