Efik

[ ef-ik ]

noun,plural Ef·iks, (especially collectively) Ef·ik for 1.
  1. a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria near the mouth of the Calabar River, closely related to the Ibibio.

  2. the Benue-Congo language of these people.

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Efik

/ (ˈɛfɪk) /


noun
  1. plural Efiks or Efik a member of a subgroup of the Ibibio people of SE Nigeria

  2. the language spoken by this people, variously classified as belonging to the Benue-Congo or Kwa divisions of the Niger-Congo family

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