The Jagham language, Ejagham, also known as Ekoi, is an Ekoid language of Nigeria and Cameroon spoken by the Ekoi people. The E- in Ejagham represents the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili
Blench (2019) also lists Ekin as an Ejagham dialect.[4]
Morphology
Ekoi has the following noun classes, listed here with their Bantu equivalents. Watters (1981) says there are fewer than in Bantu because of mergers (class 4 into 3, 7 into 6, etc.), though Blench notes that there is no reason to think that the common ancestral language had as many noun classes as proto-Bantu.
jagham, language, ejagham, also, known, ekoi, ekoid, language, nigeria, cameroon, spoken, ekoi, people, ejagham, represents, class, prefix, language, analogous, bantu, kiswahiliekoiejaghamnative, tonigeria, cameroonethnicityekoi, peoplenative, speakers120, 200. The Jagham language Ejagham also known as Ekoi is an Ekoid language of Nigeria and Cameroon spoken by the Ekoi people The E in Ejagham represents the class prefix for language analogous to the Bantu ki in KiSwahiliEkoiEjaghamNative toNigeria CameroonEthnicityEkoi peopleNative speakers120 000 2000 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoVolta CongoBenue CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidEkoid MbeEkoidEkoiDialectsBendeghe Northern Etung Southern Etung Ekwe Akamkpa Ejagham Keaka Obang Nkim Nkum EkajukWriting systemNsibidi Latin scriptLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code etu class extiw title iso639 3 etu etu a Glottologejag1239The Ekoi are one of several peoples who use Nsibidi ideographs and may be the ones that created them Contents 1 Writing System 2 Dialects 3 Morphology 4 References 5 External linksWriting System EditA Jagham alphabet was developed by John R Watters and Kathie Watters in 1981 Western Jagham alphabet 2 incomplete short citation a b bh ch d e e f g gb gh i j k kp m n ny ŋ o p r s t u ʉ w yDialects EditEkoi is dialectally diverse The dialects of Ejagham are divided into Western and Eastern groups Western varieties include Bendeghe Northern and Southern Etung Ekwe and Akamkpa Ejagham Eastern varieties include Keaka and Obang 3 Blench 2019 also lists Ekin as an Ejagham dialect 4 Morphology EditEkoi has the following noun classes listed here with their Bantu equivalents Watters 1981 says there are fewer than in Bantu because of mergers class 4 into 3 7 into 6 etc though Blench notes that there is no reason to think that the common ancestral language had as many noun classes as proto Bantu Noun class Prefix Concord1 N w ɲ2 a b3 N m5 ɛ j6 a m8 bi b9 N j ɲ14 ɔ b19 i f N stands for a homorganic nasal j is y References Edit Ekoi at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Tadadjeu 1993 p 73 sfn error no target CITEREFTadadjeu1993 help Blench Roger Ekoid Bantoid languages of the Nigeria Cameroun borderland PDF p 1 Blench Roger 2019 An Atlas of Nigerian Languages 4th ed Cambridge Kay Williamson Educational Foundation External links EditEjagham basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database This article about Southern Bantoid languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jagham language amp oldid 1128288847, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
