Oring language

Oring
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	unknown (75,000 cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central North–South Koring–Kukele Oring
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`org`
Glottolog	`orin1239`^[2]

Oring, also known as Koring, is an Upper Cross River language spoken in Nigeria.^[3] Dialects are Okpoto, Ufia (Utonkon), and Ufiom (Effium).

References

↑ Oring at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Oring". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-27918-7.

Cross River languages

Central Delta

Ogoni languages

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe

East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha

Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Odut Ukpet-Ehom

Lower Cross River

Ibibio-Efik	Annang Efik Eket Ibeno Ibibio

Others	Ebughu Enwang-Uda Ibino Iko Ilue Obolo Okobo Oro Usaghade

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