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	Ibibio People
		The Ibibio have lived in the Cross River area of modern day Nigeria for several hundred years, and while written information about them only exists in colonial records from the late 1800s on, oral traditions have them in the region much earlier than this.
		The Ibibio actively resisted colonial invasions, and it was not until after the end of World War I that the British were able to gain a strong foothold in the region.
		Among the Ibibio, those of the highest rank in the Ekpo society, Amama, often control the majority of the community wealth.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/ibibio.html (497 words)

	Ibibio
		Amongst the Ibibio, the most commonly used dialects by all 4 divisions is Central Ibibio which over time has been used as the literary language of the group and which is largely used for everyday communication.
		Ibibio Central is by far the largest in terms of population hence the predominace of their language amongst their fellow Ibibio kin.
		The Ibibio are are famous not just for their culinary skills but also for the palately delicious and nutritionally rich cusine which comes from the kitchen of the Ibibio.
	www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com /Culture/Ibiobio.html (1009 words)

	Ibibio - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ibibio is a Niger-Congo language native to 1.5 to 2 million people in the Akwa Ibom State and Cross River States of Nigeria.
		It is the dominant language spoken in the state.
		The Ibibio people are an ethnic group in southeast Nigeria.
	encarta.msn.com /Ibibio.html (118 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:IBB
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		Efik is decreasing in use as literary language.
		Ibibio is the main trade language of Akwa Ibom State.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=IBB (86 words)

	Language Education In Nigeria
		As each of the languages is by definition a mother tongue, in theory they all qualify to be taught as school subjects under the NPE policy on language education in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools.
		In addition to appreciating the importance of language in the educational process, and as a means of preserving the people's culture, the Government considers it to be in the interest of national unity that each child should be encouraged to learn one of the three major languages other than his own mother-tongue.
		As NPE regrettably omits to indicate whether the language should be the child's L1 or his L2, different states in the country initially tended to interpret the language provision concerned differently, to suit their individual purposes or biases.
	fafunwafoundation.tripod.com /fafunwafoundation/id8.html (3574 words)

	The Relevance of English in International Diplomacy
		English language is also by international treaty the official language for aircraft/airport and maritime Communication as well as being one of the official language of the European Union (E.U), in the United Nations (U.N) and many International athletic bodies including the Olympic committee.
		The worldwide expansion of English language between the 17th century and 20th century was due primarily to British colonialism, which took the English language to North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Australia/New Zealand and the Indian sub-continent.
		While English language is not an official language of many countries, it is often taught as a second language around the world and those who hold a great command in English are usually highly regarded in their societies.
	www.socyberty.com /Languages/The-Relevance-of-English-in-International-Diplomacy.120286 (966 words)

	International Family Magazine - April 2008 - Africa
		The languages of Africa are a diverse set of languages, many of which bear little relation to one another.
		European languages, especially French and English and, to a lesser degree, Portuguese and Dutch influenced the African languages due to colonization of Africa since the nineteenth century.
		African languages such as Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba, Ibibio language of the Ibibio/Annang/Efik people Ibibio, Annang and Efik are spoken by millions of people.
	www.internationalfamilymag.com /apr08/africa.htm (990 words)

	Conference on the typology of African prosodic systems
		Ibibio is a Lower Cross language spoken in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, specifically in Akwa Ibom State and some areas of Cross River State and has been described as having two contrastive level pitches, High and Low, contour pitches, High-Low and Low-High, in addition to a contrastive downstepped High pitch.
		Floating tones also perform various grammatical functions in the language and the presence of floating tones (in addition to other tonological processes), underscore the autonomy of tones from the units that anchor them.
		Grammatically, the function of tone in Ibibio is varied and very complex and we hope to discuss some of the salient ones.
	www.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de /TAPS/eno.html (470 words)

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		Effective language policy is a sine qua non, not only to the implementation of the various aspects of educational policy of any nation, but also a sinew to the growth and development of such country in other facets of life.
		Language, in all its forms, has become so intrinsically interwoven into the fabric of our lives, that our modern day structures, whether cultural, contextual, or spiritual are explained and lived through the medium of language.
		Consequently, accuracy in the use of a language is required of all residents but it is especially demanded of immigrants, particularly as a means of assessing the extent of integration and, to some extent, viability as co-habitants in any adopted culture.
	www.mkuked.co.uk /conference.html (6860 words)

	Nigeria's Identifiable Ethnic Groups - OnlineNigeria.com
		It should be noted that language is a critical part of a people's culture and a powerful instrument for preserving and transmitting values and systems from one generation to another.
		The first is that an ethnic group is identified with a particular geographical part of the country; for example, the Ibibio of the south-eastern part, the ljo ((ljaw) and Urhobo of the delta area, the Kanuri of the north-eastern part and the Tiv of the middle belt area.
		Certain components of culture, such as language and organisational forms, do overlap (examples are the languages of the Edo speaking peoples in the Delta, Edo and Rivers States, and the languages derived from Efik or Ibibio language in the Cross River and Akwa lbom States.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /tribes/tribes.asp (2462 words)

	Efik/Ibibio/Anaang
		This language cluster belongs to the Cross River branch of Benue-Congo and is spoken in the Cross River Basin of Nigeria.
		Of the three, Efik serves as the first school language is used in all levels of education (Grimes 1996) and is considered as the standard as well.
		Ibibio is the trade language of Akwa Ibom State (Grimes 1996) and is gaining status as more materials are prepared in it.
	www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/language.php?id=12 (214 words)

	Ibibio – FREE Ibibio Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Find Ibibio Research
		Their language, Ibibio, is a Benue-Congo language of the Niger-Congo family.
		The Ibibio are noted for their wood sculptures of ancestor figures (ekpu).
		The Igbo, Ibibio, Ekoi, and Ijaw of SE Nigeria carved wooden masks for use in...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-367720.html (785 words)

	Ibibio people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ibibio people were traditionally in the same state as the Efik and Annang - Cross River State, named after the Cross River.
		Because of the larger population of the Ibibio people, they hold political control over Akwa-Ibom State, but government is shared with the Annangs.
		Ibibio means "short people." the ibibios are republican in nature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibibio_people (460 words)

	Eket People
		The Ibibio have lived in the Cross River area of modern day Nigeria for several hundreds of years, and though written information about them only exists in colonial records from the late 1800s on, oral traditions have them in the region much earlier than this.
		The Ibibio were very resistant to colonial invasions, and it was not until after the end of World War I that the British were able to gain a strong foothold in the region.
		Ekpo members are always masked when performing their policing duties, and although their identities are almost always known, fear of retribution from the ancestors prevents most people from accusing those members who overstep their limits, effectively committing police brutality.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Eket.html (514 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Are indigenous languages dead?
		Our languages are dying because some parents think to be modern is to learn the English language and therefore do not speak the local language with their kids at home.
		Language is a living thing and I understand its need to grow and develop in its environment, hence the creation of new languages and dialects with mixed origins.
		Were speakers of these languages to abandon their language in favour of another, the culture may partially survive but its speakers' perception of the world and of themselves would simply vanish.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4536450.stm (3598 words)

	: African languages be merged into this article or section. ,EXPLORE INDIA,India, Indian news, Indian Travel, India ...
		A handful of languages associated with the continent are Indo-European or Austronesian; their presence dates to less than 500 and 1000 years ago, respectively, and their closest linguistic relatives are primarily non-African.
		The main subfamilies of Afro-Asiatic are the Semitic languages, the Cushitic languages, Berber, and the Chadic languages.
		The Nilotic languages, having expanded substantially with the Nilotic peoples in recent centuries, are a geographically widespread language family and have a large population.
	www.indias.com /wiki-African_languages (3186 words)

	PanAfrLoc \| PanAfrLoc / EfikIbibioAnaang (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This language cluster belongs to the Cross River branch of Benue-Congo.
		Decreasing in use as a second language and as a literary language.
		Ibibio is the main trade language of Akwa Ibom State.
	www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/EfikIbibioAnaang (445 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		river in Palestine; the crossing of it is symbolic of death in high-flown language as a ref. to Num.
		Among the many 19th century theories of the origin of language was the Pooh-pooh theory (1860), which held that language grew from natural expressions of surprise, joy, pain, or grief.
		The slang reduplicated verb pooh-pooh "to dismiss lightly and contemptuously" is attested from 1827.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=language&searchmode=none (1918 words)

	Resources on the Ibibio
		Guosa Language was evolved as a medium of common indigenous socially interwoven...
		Africa by the Dogon, Igbo, Ibibio, Akan, Mende...
		The Ibibio people were traditionally in the same state as the Efik and Annang - Cross River State, named after the Cross River.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/african/Ibibio.html (672 words)

	Language Museum - Ibibio
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		Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
		I am looking for a native Ibibio speaker to assist in a project.
	www.language-museum.com /i/ibibio.php (165 words)

	The History of Our Jurisidiction
		IBIBIO [IBB] 3,186,000 or 3.6% of the population (1991 SIL).
		Bounded on the east and northeast by the Ibibio, on the northwest by the Ogoni, on the west by the Kalabari, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean.
		It is a creole with native speakers, as well as used as a pidgin between Africans and Europeans, and Africans from different languages.
	cogicnigeria.tripod.com /id9.html (1166 words)

	Ibibio Orientation
		The name "Ibibio" identifies the largest subdivision of people living in southeastern Nigeria, in Akwa Ibom State, and it is generally accepted and used for both ethnic and linguistic descriptions.
		The Ibibio are located to the south and southeast of the Igbo, in southeastern Nigeria.
		The Ibibio speak dialects of Efik-Ibibio, a language of the Kwa Branch of the Niger-Congo Family.
	www.everyculture.com /Africa-Middle-East/Ibibio-Orientation.html (409 words)

	Online Data - Language Codes
		Macintosh codes sometimes have two variants, depending on the script in which the language is written.
		Similarly, Microsoft codes are sometimes not script-specific and in cases where a language is not really properly identified without this information, the script information appears as well.
		Please do not contact the Unicode Consortium if the ISO 639 language names are not what you believe they should be.
	www.unicode.org /unicode/onlinedat/languages.html (396 words)

	The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing
		Although it is possible to limit search results by language in our Library Catalog, as well as by language subject headings, both of these depend on language codes or headings assigned to the work.
		The arrangement is first by type of language (natural (further subdivided by family), universal, literary, computer, etc.), then alphabetically by name of language or language family within each category, and finally alphabetical by author (if any named -- otherwise by title), under each language.
		Dialects have not been separated from their root language unless distinct enough to be recognized by some researchers as separate languages.
	www.lib.umt.edu /guide/langfing.htm (1173 words)

	Ibibio definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		I·bib·i·o [ i bíbbee  ] (plural I·bib·i·o or I·bib·i·os)
		language of Ibibio: the Benue-Congo language of the Ibibio people.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861619800 (74 words)

	UYO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
		The History of the Ibibio cannot be complete without mentioning Uyo Local Government Area as the core or credit of the Ibibios.
		Their origin to some sources is traced to central of Benue valley (Talbot) while another source has it that the Ibibio people migrated from the Cameroun (Henry Nau a pioneer Lutheran Missionary and K. Dike).
		Among the Ibibios Usak Edet is popularly known as ‘Edik Afaha’ reflecting that all Afaha people in Ibibio land emanated from Usak Edet.
	www.akwaibomstategov.com /uyo.asp (1085 words)

	Haya language resources
		...language spoken mostly in the western provinces of the Roman Empire until those dialects, diverging still...
		Proto Indo-European language is the hypothetical parent of many language families.
		Haya (OluHaya) is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Haya people of Tanzania, to the south and southwest of Lake Victoria.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Haya.html (1368 words)

	Ibibio language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ibibio is a Cross River language spoken by 1,5 to 2 million Ibibio in the Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
		Ibibio is a member of the Benue-Congo group, which forms part of the Niger-Congo language family.
		Leiden: ASC / Cross River State University / Ibibio Language Board.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibibio_language (138 words)

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