The Gwune language, also known as ''Agwagwune'', is an Upper Cross River language of

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

spoken by the Akunakuna people. It is a dialect cluster named after its

prestige variety Prestige in sociolinguistics is the level of regard normally accorded a specific language or dialect within a speech community, relative to other languages or dialects. Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally co ...

; others are Abayongo, Abini, Dim (Adim), Orum, Erei, Etono.

References

Languages of Nigeria Upper Cross River languages {{CrossRiver-lang-stub