Cross River State 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== The State is composed of several ethnic groups,<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Tribes in Cross River State Nigeria {{!}} AllNigeriaInfo|date=21 January 2018 |url=https://allnigeriainfo.ng/tribes-in-cross-river/|access-date=2021-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cross River {{!}} state, Nigeria|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cross-River-state-Nigeria|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> which include the [[Efik people|Efik]], the [[Ekoi people|Ejagham]], [[Yakö people|Yakurr]], [[Bahumono]], Bette, Yala, [[Igede]], [[Ukelle]] and the Bekwarra among others. There are four major languages spoken in the state: English, the common language, Efik, Bekwarra, and Ejagham. The [[Efik language]] is widely spoken in Cross River State, especially in Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Akpabuyo, Bakassi, Akampkpa, Biase, and Odukpani Local Government Areas. The [[Ejagham language]] is also widely spoken language in Cross River State. The Efik-speaking people live mainly in the Southern senatorial districts of Cross River, or as it is commonly referred to, the Greater Calabar district, which includes Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Bakassi, Biase, Akpabuyo, Odukpani, and Akamkpa LGAs. There is also the Qua community in Calabar, which speaks Ejagham. The main Ejagham group occupies mostly the Greater Calabar areas of Calabar Municipality, Odukpani, Biase and Akampkpa sections of Cross River State. There are also the [[Yakurr]] /Agoi/[[Bahumono]] ethnic groups in Yakurr and Abi LGA, while the Mbembe are predominantly found in Obubra LGA. Further up the core northern part of the state are several sub-dialectical groups, among which are Etung, Olulumo, Ofutop, Nkim/Nkum, Abanajum, Nseke and [[Boki people|Boki]] in both Ikom, Etung and Boki LGAs. Also, the Yala/Yache, Igede, Ukelle, Ekajuk, Mbube, Bette, Bekwarra and Utukwang people are found in Ogoja, Yala, Obudu and Obanliku and Bekwarra LGA's. The Yala are a subgroup of the Idoma nation, part of the Yala LGA's subgroups are the Igede speaking people believed to have migrated from the Oju part of Benue State, who migrated from Ora, in Edo North. In Cross River North, Bekwarra is one of the most widely spoken language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cross River State |url=https://www.crossriverhub.com/about-cross-river-state/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Cross River Hub |language=en-US}}</ref> It is understood by other tribes in the district. This language along with Efik and Ejagham is used for news broadcast in the state owned radio and TV stations. Cross River State epitomises the nation's linguistic and cultural plurality and it is important to note that, in spite of the diversity of dialects, all the indigenous languages in the state have common linguistic roots as [[Niger–Congo languages]]. Finally, the State serves as the venue of the largest carnival in [[Africa.com|Africa.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=25 Interesting Facts About Cross River State|date=17 July 2020|url=https://www.thehistoryville.com/cross-river-states-interesting-facts/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-14|title=Cross River State History, LGA & Senatorial Districts|url=https://www.aziza.com.ng/read/2019/10/cross-river-state-history-and-there-local-government/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Aziza Goodnews|language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Kwafalls.jpg|thumb|Kwa falls, a waterfall along the [[Great Kwa River|Kwa River]]]] 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