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(Redirected from Biakpan language) Cross River language spoken in Nigeria
Ubaghara
Native toNigeria
RegionCross River State
Native speakers(30,000 cited 1985)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3byc
Glottologubag1245

Ubaghara is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. 80% of speakers speak the principal dialect, Biakpan and Efik interchangeably.

Dialects

Ubaghara dialects according to Blench (2019):

  • Biakpan
  • Ikun
  • Etono
  • Ugbem
  • Utuma

References

  1. Ubaghara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Cross River languages
Central Delta
Ogoni
Upper Cross River
North-South
East-West
Others
Lower Cross River
Ibibio-Efik
Others


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