Orring (Korring) is an

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spoken by the Orring people of

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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 (

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) speak K'idzem, Okpolo (Opkomoro) speak K'okpolo, Uffium(

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) speak K'uffium in

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State, Nigeria. Ufia (Utonkon) in

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speak K'ufia. Ukelle, in

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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

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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

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groups of

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, Izzi,

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and

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. 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. ''

'' 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. {{CrossRiver-lang-stub Orring people Ebonyi State Benue State Bantu languages Bantu people Igbo people