Roger Blench: Ijoid materials

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The Ijoid languages consist of Ịjọ and Defaka and are spoken in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Their placement within Niger-Congo is highly controversial. This page includes electronic material from Kay Williamson and other sources on the Ijoid languages.

 

General

 

Language

Title

Status

General

Comparative Ijoid wordlists

Unpublished

General

Ijoid reconstructions

Unpublished

General

Niger Delta plant names

Unpublished

General

A lexicostatistical classification of Ijo dialects. Lee & Williamson (1990)

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Maps

 

Title

Ijoid language map

 

Dictionaries

 

The following dictionaries are based on word-processed files in the possession of the late Kay Williamson and represent significant updates on published versions

 

Language

Title

Author

Status

Kirike

Kịrịkẹ dictionary

Levi Sika (†)

Online version withdrawn following request from the relatives

Ịḅanị

Ịḅanị dictionary

Brown & Fọmḅọ

Unpublished

Mein

Mein dictionary

Abegha

Published

Nembe

Nembe dictionary

Kaliai

Published

Kalabari

Kalabari dictionary

Anon.

Unpublished

 

Other papers

 

Language

Title

Status

Berbice Dutch

Paper by Silvia Kouwenberg on the lexicon of Berbice Dutch and its links with Eastern Ịjọ

in press

Defaka

Defaka- Ijo’s closest relative; Jenewari 1983

Published

 

Ethnoscience

 

Language

Title

Status

Nembe

Nembe mammals

Unpublished

 

Nembe birds

Unpublished

 

Nembe reptiles

Unpublished

 

Nembe fish

Unpublished

 

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