Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Ika language (Nigeria)
| Ika | |
|---|---|
| Region | Delta and Edo, Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Ika people |
Native speakers | (23,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ikk |
| Glottolog | ikaa1238Ika |
The Ika language is an Igbo dialect, classified under Nuclear Igboid in the Yeai language family.[2]
The dialect is spoken primarily by the Ika people of Delta and Edo states of southern Nigeria.[3]
More specifically, the Ika people are in the North-West of Delta State; but some, like Igbanke, Inyelen and Ekpon, are currently in Edo State. Ika communities mostly comprise the following: Agbor, Owa, Umunede, Mbiri, Abavo, Orogodo, Otolokpo, Igbodo, Ute-Okpu, Ute-Ugbeje, Idumuesah, Akumazi, Ekpon, Igbanke, Inyelen, Iru egbede (Delta State).[3]
Other Ika-speaking communities found in Delta State are Owanikeke, Owa-Riuzo Idu, Igbogili, Ute Oheze, Owa Ute, Oheze Ute, Obagie N’Oheze, Oghada, and Ogan and Ute Obagie N’Oheze. On Delta Radio there is now news in the Ika language. Ikas have started to write the Bible in their language, and the gospels of Mark, Luke, Matthew and John have been published in Ika along with other books.[4] Ifeanyi Okowa is a prominent son of Ika background.[5]
- ^ Ika at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Glottolog 4.8 - Ika". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b Uguru, Joy Oluchi (20 July 2015). "Ika Igbo". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 45 (2): 213–219. doi:10.1017/S0025100315000067. ISSN 0025-1003.
- ^ "Complete Bible now in Ika language". Ika Weekly Newspaper. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ^ Dr, Mefor (28 June 2022). "Igbo ancestry: Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has nothing to prove". Thecable.ng.
Previous Page Next Page
