Orring (Korring) is an
Upper Cross River language spoken by the
Orring people of
Nigeria
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. Korring language is spoken by the Orring people who are found in Benue, Cross River and Ebonyi states of Nigeria.
Related dialects
Dialects are classified under a particular community. In places like where the Niger-Congo languages are spoken, languages and particularly dialects are named by prefixing the community name with its progenitor, this is also the case with Korring dialects and many other bantiod language of the upper Cross River groups. In Korring therefore, the letter K is emminiently in usage; take for instance as in Eteji (
Ntezi), the dialect is K'eteji, while Lame (Okpoto) speak Ki'lame, Idzem (
Amuda
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History
...
) speak K'idzem, Okpolo (Opkomoro) speak K'okpolo, Uffium(
Effium) speak K'uffium in
Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Ufia (Utonkon) in
Benue State
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speak K'ufia. Ukelle, in
Cross River State
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, speak K
'ukelle, as the case may be. In some cases, also, the term 'K has been used interchangeably as an article that modifies Korring terms, however it is better used as a prefix than it is used as an article.
Abakaliki territory
Owing to their heritage in
Ebonyi State
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,
Abakaliki
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scholars such as C.C Ugoh in his book ''Gods of Abakaliki''
stated that the Orring people settled in Abakaliki territory prior to the coming of the four major
Igbo groups of
Ezza,
Izzi,
Ikwo and
Ngbo. Other writers mentioned the Orring as the aboriginals of Abakaliki region prior to the coming of the Igbo groups.
Orring intermarried with Igbo and created a hybrid culture. The Orring settled in Ntezi-Aba in Abakaliki before spreading to other settlements within Ebonyi State. ''
Abakaliki
Abakaliki is the capital city of Ebonyi State in southeastern Nigeria, located southeast of Enugu. The inhabitants are primarily members of the Igbo nation. It was the headquarters of the Ogoja province before the creation of the Southeast ...
'' is a
Mbembe term the emerged before the coming of the later Abakaliki People.
References
3.
^ Ajifo, Hillary Nnamdi (2017). ''Intergroup relations of Korring speaking people and their neighbours. Project documents, department of History and International Relations, Ebonyi State University.''
4.
^ Aleke, Patrick Awo (2012). Idzem (Amuda) People: Predicament and Cultural Ties.
Languages of Nigeria
Upper Cross River languages
Korring
5. U.U. Ugoh (2012). gods of Abakaliki.
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Orring people
Ebonyi State
Benue State
Bantu languages
Bantu people
Igbo people