Harshen_Efik
Efik Adabi
Cif Eyo Nsa ya fara jawo wanzuwar yaren a rubuce a cikin shekara ta 1812 ta wanda aka fi sani da Willy Eyo Honesty. GA Robertson ne ya samo waɗannan kalmomin daga wajen Cif Eyo Nsa. Tun kafin gabatar da kalmomi a harshen Efik wanda Cif Eyo Nsa ya janyo, ƴan kasuwa da yawa daga tsohuwar Calabar sun iya karatu da rubutu a harshen turanci kuma suna adana mujallu don karatu. Wasiƙar farko da aka rubuto daga shugabannin Old Calabar ya fara ne a shekarar 1776. Don haka, an riga an shirya filin rubutu don harshen Efik kafin zuwan turawa masu da'awan kiristanci. Lokacin da Cocin United Church Presbyterian Church of Scotland Mission ta iso Old Calabar a shekarar 1846, Reverend Hope Waddell da Samuel Edgerley tare da taimakon Eikyo ɗan kasuwar Egboyoung (Ekpenyong) suka fara rikodin kalmomin Efik; waɗannan an buga su a cikin lithofis ɗin lithographic ɗin su kuma an shirya su a shekarar 1849. Bayan isar da mishaneri, akwai matsalar samar da ingantaccen salon rubutu ga Harshen Efik. Dokar Lepsius ne ya kirkiro rubutun da mishan suka zaba wanda aka gano tsarinsa da haruffan sautin suna dacewa da yaren Efik a lokacin. Daga baya aka fitar da kamus na farko na Efik a 1862 ta Rev. Hugh Goldie da rubutun kalmomin Efik an kirkiresu a 1874 ta Goldie. Yaren Efik ya bunƙasa cikin rubutaccen adabi wanda mishaneri da Efik bi da bi, suka taka rawar gani. Ayyukan addini na farko waɗanda aka fassara a cikin yaren Efik sun haɗa da Tsohon Alkawari wanda Alexander Robb ya kammala shi a 1868 kuma aka buga shi a 1873; Wasikar Bulus zuwa ga Ibraniyawa wanda William Anderson ya fassara kuma ya buga. Ministocin 'yan asalin ƙasa ɗaya sun ba da gudummawa ga faɗaɗa adabin addinin Efik. Reverend Esien Esien Ukpabio, wazirin Efik na farko da aka nada a cikin 1872, ya fassara zuwa harshen Efik, na "Bishara da 'ya'yanta" na Dr. JH Wilson. Asuquo Ekanem wanda yayi daidai da wazirin Efik ya fassara yaƙin John Bunyan mai tsarki zuwa Efik. Mutanen Efik daidai sun fara rubuta waƙoƙin waƙoƙi na Coci kuma suna buga su. William Inyang Ndang wanda ya ɗan jima a Biritaniya shine Efik na farko da ya gabatar da mawaƙa a majami'u a Calabar kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga yawancin waƙoƙin Church tare da matarsa, Misis Jane Ndang. Tsakanin shekarun 1930 zuwa 1950s, an buga Mujallu, Jaridu da na zamani a cikin yaren Efik. Daga farkon shekarun 1930, akwai mujalla mai shafi goma sha biyu-uku a cikin harshen Efik, "Obụkpọn Obio" (Bugle na gari) wanda Reverend James Ballantyne ya shirya. An tsara aikin ne ga mai karatu na gaba daya kuma ya ƙunshi batutuwa da dama, tun daga yar girma ye Uforo Obio (Raguwar da ci gaban gari) zuwa Ufọk Ndọ (gidan aure) da sauran batutuwa makamantan su. Wannan ya biyo baya a cikin 1940s ta "Uñwana" (haske), na wata-wata mai shafi 32, wanda EN Amaku ya shirya. Daga 1948 zuwa 1950, wata jaridar mai shafi takwas a mako-mako a cikin Efik, "Obodom Edem Usiahautin" (Gabatar da Magana a Gabas), wanda Cif Etim Ekpenyong ya shirya kuma aka buga a Kamfanin Henshaw Press an sayar da shi a 2d kowanne. Yana kawo labaran duniya na yau da kullun (Littafin farko) kuma an karanta shi sosai. Don haka, yaren Efik ya ji daɗin karatun sosai tun daga zuwan mishaneri na Kirista a cikin shekarar 1846.