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ISO 639-3 · ijnijn
Niger–Congo family

Kalabari

Kalabari is a language of the KaKiBa languages branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Nigeria.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ijn
Glottocode
kala1381
Wikipedia
12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameKalabari
Also calledKalabari language
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Kalabari

The branches above Kalabari, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch69Kwabranch9Ijawbranch3KaKiBa languagesbranchijnKalabarilanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Nigeria

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication