Ekpeye language

Ekpeye (Ekpe ye) is an Igboid language of Rivers State and Imo State, Nigeria.

Ekpeye
Native toNigeria
RegionRivers State
EthnicityEkpeye people
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1973)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3ekp
Glottologekpe1253

Writing system

Ekpeye alphabet[2]
abbhchd dheggb gwhij kkpkw
lm nnwnyo psshtu wwhyz zh

Distribution

References

  1. Ekpeye at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
  2. Ngulube 2011, p. 53.


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