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'''Ubaghara''' is an [[Upper Cross River language]] of [[Nigeria]]. 80% of speakers speak the principal dialect, '''Biakpan'''.
'''Ubaghara''' is an [[Upper Cross River language]] of [[Nigeria]]. 80% of speakers speak the principal dialect, '''Biakpan''' and Efik interchangeably.


==Dialects==
==Dialects==

Latest revision as of 12:25, 14 January 2024

Ubaghara
Native toNigeria
RegionCross River State
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1985)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3byc
Glottologubag1245

Ubaghara is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. 80% of speakers speak the principal dialect, Biakpan and Efik interchangeably.

Dialects

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Ubaghara dialects according to Blench (2019):[2]

  • Biakpan
  • Ikun
  • Etono
  • Ugbem
  • Utuma

References

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  1. ^ Ubaghara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.