Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[1]
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Language | Cluster | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Other names for language | Exonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) | Notes |
Abua | | Central Abuan, Ẹmughan, Ọtabha (Ọtapha), Okpeḍen | | Abuan | Abua | | | | 11,000 (1963): estimated 25,000 (Faraclas 1989) | Rivers State, Ahoada LGA | |
Kolo cluster | Kolo | | | | | Ọgbia, Ogbinya | | | 100,000 (1987 UBS) | Rivers State, Brass LGA | |
Kolo | Kolo | | Agholo | | | | | | | | |
Oloiḅiri | Kolo | | | | | | | | | | |
Anyama | Kolo | | | | | | | | | | no data |
Obulom | | | Abuloma | | | | | | | Rivers State, Okrika LGA, Abuloma town | |
Oḍual | | Arughaunya, Aḍibom | | Ọḍual | Oḍual | | | Saka | 8,400 (1963); 15,000 (1980 UBS) | Rivers State, Ahoada LGA | (F&J 1940) report 700 speakers, but in the 1970s, Barnwell (p.c.) found only 20 speakers living in a quarter of one town. The Odut are Mbembe speakers, and there is no separate language. |
Ogbogolo | | | | | | | | | One town only | Rivers State, Ahoada LGA | |
Ogbrọnuagụm | | | | | | Bukuma | Agum | | One town only, north of Buguma | Rivers State, Degema LGA | |
Ọchịchị | | | | Ọchịchị | Ọchịchị | | | | A few speakers; moribund, since speakers have switched to Echie | Rivers State, Etche LGA, towns of Ikwerengwo and Umuebulu | |
Kụgbọ | | | | | | | | | 2,000 (1973 SIL) | Rivers State, Brass LGA | |
Abureni | | | | | Mini | | | Mini | 3 villages | Rivers State, Brass LGA | no data |
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