Gwune language

Gwune
Agwagwune
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 1973)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central North–South Ubaghara–Kohumono Gwune
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yay`
Glottolog	`agwa1247`^[2]

The Gwune language, also known as Agwagwune, is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster named after its prestige variety; others are Abayongo, Abini, Dim, Orum, Erei, Etono.

References

↑ Gwune at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Agwagwune". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Cross River languages

Central Delta

Ogoni languages

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe

East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha

Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Ukpet-Ehom

Lower Cross River

Ibibio-Efik	Annang Efik Eket Ibeno Ibibio

Others	Ebughu Enwang-Uda Ibino Iko Ilue Obolo Okobo Oro Usaghade

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