Languages of Rivers State



There are 23 languages spoken as first languages in Rivers State. The major languages are Igbo, Ikwere and different varieties of the Ijo cluster. The other languages are minority languages.
 

ABUA Degema and Ahoada LGA's
BAAN Gokana, Tai, and Eleme LGAs
DEFAKA Bonny LGA
DEGEMA Degema LGA
EKPEYE Ahoada LGA
ELEME Otelga LGA
ENGENNI Ahoada LGA
GOKANA Gokana, Tai, and Eleme LGA's
IBANI Bonny and Degema LGA's
IGBO Ikwerre, Bonny, and Ahoada LGA's
IKWERE Ikwerre, Port Harcourt, and Obio/Akpor LGA's
KALABARI Degema, Bonny, and Asari Toru LGA's
KHANA Khana, Gokana, and Iyigbo LGA's
KIRIKE Okrika, Opobo/Nkoro, Bonny, and Degema LGA's
MINI Brass LGA
NKOROO Bonny LGA
OBOLO Bonny LGA
OBULOM Okrika LGA, Abuloma town
ODUAL Ahoada LGA
OGBAH Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, northern Niger Delta
OGBOGOLO Ahoada LGA, 1 town
OGBRONUAGUM Degema LGA
UKWUANI-ABOH-NDONI Ahoada LGA


 

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Dr. Uwe Seibert
Department of Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
University of Jos
Email address: seibertu@unijos.edu.ng
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