Jagham language

Ekoi
Ekoi
Ejagham
Native to	Nigeria, Cameroon
Ethnicity	Ekoi people
Native speakers	120,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Ekoid–Mbe Ekoid Ekoi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Akin; Bendeghe; Northern Etung; Southern Etung; Ekwe; Akamkpa-Ejagham; Keaka; Obang; Nkim; Nkum; Ekajuk;
Writing system	Nsibidi Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	etu
Glottolog	ejag1239

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

The Ekoi are one of several peoples who use Nsibidi ideographs, and may be the ones that created them.

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