Defaka language
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Defaka is an endangered and divergent Nigerian language of uncertain classification. It is spoken in the Opobo–Nkoro LGA of Rivers State, in the Defaka or Afakani ward of Nkọrọ town and Ịwọma Nkọrọ.[2] The low number of Defaka speakers, coupled with the fact that other languages dominate the region where Defaka is spoken, edges the language near extinction on a year-to-year basis. It is generally classified in an Ijoid branch of the Niger–Congo family.[3] However, the Ijoid proposal is problematic. Blench (2012) notes that "Defaka has numerous external cognates and might be an isolate or independent branch of Niger–Congo which has come under Ịjọ influence."[4]
Defaka | |
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Afakani | |
Défàkà | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Rivers State, Opobo–Nkoro |
Ethnicity | Defaka |
Native speakers | 200 (2001)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | afn |
Glottolog | defa1248 |
ELP | Defaka |
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