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Language name Efik �ef�k
Language name Edo Bini �edəυ
THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 258
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Niger-Congo Benue-Congo
Language family Niger-Congo Benue-Congo
Spoken in Nigeria
Spoken in Nigeria
Approximate number of speakers 750k
Approximate number of speakers 1m
Writing system Roman, Nsibidhi script
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Contains following rare implosive
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register, terrace-level
Tone register
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony front–back
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; tone used morphologically
Syntax
Word order SVO AN and NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; conjugation classes; serial verbs;
noun classes
Particular syntactic phenomena serial verbs
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Bendor-Samuel (1989), Haspelmath et al. (2005)
Sources Campbell (1991), Cook (1969), Givon (1975),
Maddieson (1984), Williamson & Blench (2000)