| Lower Cross River | |
|---|---|
| Lower Cross, Ibibioid | |
| Geographic distribution: |
SE Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification: | Niger–Congo
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| Subdivisions: |
Lower Cross proper
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The Lower Cross River languages, or Ibibioid, form a branch of the Cross River languages of Rivers State, Nigeria. They consist of the divergent Obolo language (or Andoni, 200,000 speakers), and the core of the branch, which includes the 4 million speakers of the Ibibio-Efik cluster.
Forde and Jones (1950) considered Ibino and Oro to be Ibibio-Efik.