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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