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Ebira (formerly known as Igbera) belongs to the Nupe-Gbari Group of Kwa. (Webbook)
Ethnologue lists the classification as: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Nupoid, Ebira-Gade
It is spoken in Bendel, Plateau, and Kwara states of Nigeria. (Webbook)
1,000,000 (1989 J. Adive) (Ethnologue)
As of this writing, no dialect survey is known. (Webbook)
Ebira is a regional language and has gained importance because of the large iron ore mining project in Kwara State. (Webbook)
Vigorous. Speakers of other languages use Ebira to communicate with Ebira people. Taught as a subject at the College of Education. All domains. Used in administration, commerce, oral and written use in religious services. Positive language attitude. 10% bilingual in Yoruba, Hausa, English, or Igara. ... High literacy motivation. Taught in primary schools. (Ethnologue)
Literacy rate (according to Ethnologue):
As of this writing, we know of no established orthography. (Webbook) [this needs to be updated]
Alphabet as reported by Hartell (1993) and presented in Systèmes alphabétiques: http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/AfficheTableauOrtho2N.php?choixLangue=ebira
Sample text on the "Language Museum" site: http://www.language-museum.com/e/ebira.htm
Lancor's "KỌNYIN" keyboard for Windows includes all needed characters for Ebira - http://www.konyin.com/
None known of.
Chanard, Christian (2006), Systèmes alphabétiques des langues africaines, LLACAN, CNRS, http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/
Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html (page on "Ebira (Igbera)," http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Ebira-root.html )
Hartell, Rhonda L., ed. (1993), The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and SIL. (The French edition, published the same year, is entitled Alphabets de Langues Africaines).
SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Ebira," http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=igb
SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
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