Defaka is possibly a member of the Ijoid branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 200 people in the Defaka or Afakani ward of Nkoro (Nkọrọ) town in the Bonny District of the Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State in the south of Nigeria, and also on the nearby island of Iwoma Nkoro (Ịwọma Nkọrọ).
Defaka is spoken mainly by older people. Younger people - those under 30 - are shifting to Nkoroo (Nkọrọ), a related language spoken in the same area, and also assimilating to Nkoroo culture. Defaka people also speak Igbo, which is the language of instruction in most schools in the area, and is used as a regional trade language.
Defaka is also known as Afakani. It is classified as an Ijoid language, however some scholars classify it as belonging to an independant branch of the Niger-Congo language family, or as an isolate language. It is written with the Latin alphabet.
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Information about defaka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/defaka_language
https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/305
http://defaka.rutgers.edu/people.html
https://innovativeresearchmethods.org/defaka-the-story-of-a-dying-language-2/
https://journalofwestafricanlanguages.org/downloads/summary/76-volume2602/362-the-phonetic-structures-of-defaka
https://dlab.epfl.ch/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/d/Defaka.htm
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Defaka.htm
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 03.10.24. Last modified: 03.10.24
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