Niger Delta Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Demographics<ref name=":1" />== [[File:Ijaw statue.jpg|thumb|A statue of the Ijaw people]] Some 31 million people<ref>CRS Report for Congress, Nigeria: Current Issues. Updated 30 January 2008.</ref> of more than 40 ethnic groups including the [[Igbo people|Igboid people]], [[Ukwuani]], [[Abua]], [[Bini people|Bini]], [[Ohaji/Egbema]], [[Itsekiri]], [[Efik people|Efik]], [[Esan people|Esan]], [[Ibibio people|Ibibio]], [[Annang]], [[Oron people|Oron]], [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]], [[Isoko people|Isoko]], [[Ika people|Ika]], [[Urhobo people|Urhobo]], [[Kalabari people|Kalabari]], [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]], [[Okrika]], [[Ogoni people|Ogoni]], [[Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni]], Epie-Atissa people and [[Obolo people]], are among the inhabitants of the political Niger Delta, speaking about 250 different dialects. Language groups spoken in the Niger Delta include the [[Igboid languages]], [[Ijaw languages]], [[Ibibio-Efik languages]], [[Itsekiri language]], [[Central Delta languages]], [[Edoid languages]], and [[Yoruboid|Yoruboid Languages]],<ref name="nigerdeltabudget.org">{{Cite web |title=The Niger Delta – Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group |url=https://www.nigerdeltabudget.org/the-niger-delta/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page