Ibibio

Ibibio is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.

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Ibibio (Standardized Ibibio: Ùsèm Ìbìbìò) is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria, belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages also known as Ibibioid in the Niger-Congo language family. The name Ibibio is sometimes used for the entire dialect cluster. In pre-colonial times, the Ibibio used Nsibidi ideograms, as did the Igbo, Efik, Anaang, and Ejagham. Ibibio has influenced Afro-American diasporic languages. For example, the AAVE word buckra and Afro-Cuban abakua come from the Ibibio word mbakara.

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Written down

Kpukpuru owo emana nte amanison, enyun enyene ukem ukem uku ye unen. Eyoho mmo ye ukeme ndikere nkpo, ndinyun nyene esit, ke ntre, mmo enyene ndiman nkpo mbana kiet eken ke esit ndito eka.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Ibibio

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	n̄n̄waan
person	wo*
name	5iN*
eye	5in*
ear	toN*
nose	wuo*
tooth	dEt*
tongue	dEmE*
hand	kaubok*
blood	yiflp*
bone	kpo*
skin	kpa*
knee	doN*
breast	ba*
water	mmọọñ
fire	kaN*
sun	tin*
star	tantaafioN*
stone	tiat*
mountain	but*
tree	to*
leaf	faN*
night	koneyo*
dog	wa*
fish	yak*
louse	daN*
one	ked*
two	iba*
I	ami*
you	afo*