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Ika
Spoken in	Delta State, Nigeria
Total speakers	22,772 (as of 2000)
Language family	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Niger yeai Igboid Igbo Ika; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	nic
ISO 639-3	ikk
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This article is about the Ika language spoken in Nigeria. For the Ika language spoken in Colombia, see Arhuaco language.

Ika is a Niger-Congo language of the Igbo cluster, spoken by 22,772 people (as of 2000^[update]) in Delta State, Nigeria.

Ika dialect is different from Ika people of AKwa Ibom State of Nigeria (Ika local government area of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria or Ika-Annang people). Ika people (Ika local government area of Akwa Ibom State) is one of the eight Annang local government areas of the present thirty-one local government areas parent in Akwa Ibom State. Ika local government area of Annang people or Ika people were formerly in the old Abak which was later sub divided into five new local government areas, namely Abak, Oruk Anam, Etim Ekpo,Ukanafun and Ika local government areas.

Annang is the language (Annang / Ibibio / Efik language group) of Ika local government area of Akwa Ibom (Ika people of Akwa Ibom) state of Nigeria. This is different from Ika Language which is one of the languages spoken in Delta State of Nigeria.

[edit] References

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Ika". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth edition ed.). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.

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