Ibibio language

Ibibio
Ibibio
Usem Ibibio
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Abia State, Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State, Cross River State
Ethnicity	Ibibio
Native speakers	L1: 6.26 million (2020); L2: 4.5 million (2022)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Lower Cross Ibibio-Efik Ibibio; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin; Nsibidi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ibb
Glottolog	ibib1240

Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria, belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages. The name Ibibio is sometimes used for the entire dialect cluster. In pre-colonial times, it was written with Nsibidi ideograms, similar to Igbo, Efik, Anaang, and Ejagham. Ibibio has also had influences on Afro-American diasporic languages such as AAVE words like buckra, and buckaroo, which come from the Ibibio word mbakara, and in the Afro-Cuban tradition of abakua.

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