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The Cross River or Delta–Cross languages are a branch of the Benue–Congo language family in south-easternmost Nigeria posited by Joseph Greenberg. It is one of the few of his branches of Niger–Congo that has withstood the test of time. The original name was ''Cross River.'' The Bendi languages were soon seen to be aberrant, and the other branches united under the term ''Delta–Cross.'' However, the inclusion of Bendi is doubtful, and it has been tentatively reassigned to the Southern Bantoid family, making the terms ''Cross River'' and ''Delta–Cross'' synonymous. ==Languages== There are four sections of Cross River: *Central Delta, 8 languages, the most populous being Ogbia with 100,000 speakers *the 5 Ogoni languages, with Ogoni proper (Khana) having 200,000 speakers *Upper Cross River, 22 languages, the most populous being Lokaa with 120,000 speakers) *Lower Cross River, 23 languages, including Ibibio-Efik (3½ million) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cross River languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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