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ALSO KNOWN AS		Eket, Ekid
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Delta Cross
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		eke
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The lower part of the Cross River basin of southeastern Nigeria."

3		2011	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages			Mallam Dendo			Cambridge	http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2011. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." Mallam Dendo. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf.	HHOLD	~200,000	1989	10000-99999	"22,000 (1952 W&B); estimated 200,000 (1989)"	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Nigeria	"Akwa Ibom State, Eket and Uquo Ibeno LGAs."
	1	1994	The Lower Cross languages: a prolegomena to the classification of the Cross River languages	3-46			Journal of West African Languages	XXIV			Connell, Bruce	Connell, Bruce. 1994. The Lower Cross languages: a prolegomena to the classification of the Cross River languages. Journal of West African Languages XXIV. 3-46.		200,000		10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Nigeria	"The lower part of the Cross River basin of southeastern Nigeria."
16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	200,000	1989	100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			4.770001, 7.859140

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