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The Kajuk language, ''Ekajuk'' (also spelled ''Akajo'' and ''Akajuk''), is an
Ekoid language The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon. They have long been associated with the Bantu languages, without their status being precisely de ...
(of the Niger–Congo family) spoken in the
Cross River State Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967. The state has its capital as Calabar and is bordered to ...
and some surrounding regions of Nigeria. The Ekajuk are one of several peoples who use the
nsibidi Nsibidi (also known as Nsibiri, Nchibiddi or Nchibiddy) is a system of symbols or proto-writing developed by the Ekpe secret society that traversed the southeastern part of Nigeria. They are classified as pictograms, though there have been sugges ...
ideographs.


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Sample paragraph in EkajukEkajuk basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Ekoid languages Languages of Nigeria {{SBantoid-lang-stub