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Kalabari is an Ijo language of Nigeria spoken in Rivers State and Bayelsa State by the Awome people.[3] Its three dialects are mutually intelligible. The Kalabari dialect (Kalabari proper) is one of the best-documented varieties of Ijo, and as such is frequently used as the prime example of Ijo in linguistic literature.

Kalabari
Ibani–Kalabari–Kirike
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Rivers State
Ethnicity	Kalabari, Ibani
Native speakers	(570,000 cited 1989–1995)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Ijoid Ijaw East Kalabari
Dialects	Kalabari Ibani (Bonny)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: ijn – Kalabari iby – Ibani okr – Kirike
Glottolog	kaki1246
ELP	Kalabari
	Kirike[2]

As of 2005, the language, "spoken by 258,000 people, [was] endangered largely because of the massive relocation that has taken place in the area due to the development of Nigeria's oil industry in the Port Harcourt region."[4]

The Kalabari language became the basis of Berbice, a Dutch Creole spoken in Eastern Guyana.[5]

Kalabari-language words have been proposed for some modern technical terms.[6]

Dialects

Kalabari is spoken south of Port Harcourt.

Ibani is spoken southeast of Port Harcourt, in the Bonny local government area and in Opobo.

Kirike is spoken in Port Harcourt and the local government areas of Okrika and Ogu–Bolo.

Writing system

Ibani alphabet[7]

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gb

gh

gw

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k

kp

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Kirike alphabet[8]

a

b

ḅ

ch

d

ḍ

e

ẹ

f

g

gb

gw

h

i

ị

j

k

kp

kw

l

m

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ñ

nw

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p

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See also

• Defaka word list (Wiktionary)

References

External links

• Kalabari - English Dictionary
• Braide, Pastor Daiwari. Kalabari Children's Dictionary. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
• "Kalahari Bibi: Introducing The Kalabari Language". Retrieved 2013-06-15.
• "Ijaw: Okrika language - Audio Bible stories and lessons". Global Recordings Network. Retrieved 2013-06-15.

На других языках

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[de] Kalabari (Sprache)

Kalabari ist eine ijoide Sprache des Kalabari-Volkes und eine der Sprachen Nigerias.

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- [en] Kalabari language

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[fr] Kalabari (langue)

Le kalabari, l’ibani et le kirike, aussi appelé okrika, sont trois dialectes intercompréhensibles du groupe ijo des langues nigéro-congolaises ; et sont parlés par les Kalabari, les Ibani et les Okrika dans le Sud du Nigéria.

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[ru] Калабари

Калабари — один из нигеро-конголезских языков. На нём говорят 258 тысяч человек[1][4] на юге Нигерии[4][5][6][7]. Код этого языка в ISO 693-3 — ijn.[1][4][8]

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