Ika language (Nigeria)

amì Ika language ì chì ìchì amì  Igboid kú má chà àákaa , ku má dabì amì  Nuclear Igboid efu yé  Yeai language family.

Ìchì kú má kàá ì chẹ dàbí ewǹ kì kòla bì àbò yé the Ika kì dì ojìane  Delta kpaí Edo státì,kì dì efi-ewo olú ódudu tì òlù-ane, ojiane Naijẹra .

Úbo kú má tejugade , chì amune kì dẹfu  Ika  North-West efu yé statì  Delta ; amaa ùbì kà Amóne ìchakaa : ìchaka kì dabì ìya ì but some, like Igbanke, Inyelen and Ekpon, are currently in Edo State. Ika communities mostly comprise the following: Agbor, Owa, Umunede, Mbiri, Abavo, Orogodo, Otolokpo, Igbodo, Ute-Okpu, Ute-Ugbeje, Idumuesah, Akumazi, Ekpon, Igbanke, Inyelen, Iru egbede (Delta State).

Other Ika-speaking communities found in Delta State are Owanikeke, Owa-Riuzo Idu, Igbogili, Ute Oheze,  Owa Ute, Oheze Ute, Obagie N’Oheze, Oghada, and Ogan and Ute Obagie N’Oheze. On Delta Radio there is now news in the Ika language. Ikas have started to write the Bible in their language, and the gospels of Mark, Luke, Matthew and John have been published in Ika along with other books. Ifeanyi Okowa is a prominent son of Ika background.

Ika phonological comparisons
A concise phonological juxtaposition among three distinct Ika dialects.
 English  Akumuzi (North-East) dialect of Ika Owa (North South) dialect of Ika Agbor (South) dialect of Ika ‘cloth’ akwa ekwa ekwa 'paper'  akuwo  ekukwo  ehuhwo‘chewing stick’  atu  etu etu ‘sponge’  elu  eru  eru'sweet'  uso  uso uswo
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Category:Languages of Nigeria
Category:Subject–object–verb languages
Category:Igbo language