Upper Cross River languages

Upper Cross River
Upper Cross
Geographic distribution:	SE Nigeria
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross River
Subdivisions:	Central Akpet Agoi–Doko–Iyoniyong Kiong–Korop
Glottolog:	uppe1418[1]

The Upper Cross River languages form a branch of the Cross River languages of Cross River State, Nigeria. The most populous languages are Loko and Membe, with 100,000 speakers.

Languages

The internal structure per Cornell (1994), reproduced in Williamson and Blench (2000), is as follows:

Upper Cross	Central   North–South  Koring–Kukele Oring (Koring) Kele (Kukele), Zekwe (Uzekwe) Ubaghara–Kohumono Kohumono: Humono (Kohumono), Gwune (Agwagwune), Umon Ubaghara  East–West  Ikom Loko: Lokaa, Lubila, Nkukoli Mbembe–Legbo Mbembe Legbo: Legbo (Gbo), Nyima (Lenyima), Yigha (Leyigha) Akpet: Ukpet-Ehom Agoi, Doko (Uyanga), Iyongiyong (Bakpinka) Kiong–Korop: Kiong (Kayon), Dorop (Korop)

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Upper Cross". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.