Ubaghara language

Ubaghara is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. Most speakers (Biakpan, Ikun, Ugbem, Etono, Utuma) of the language use the principal Biakpan dialect or Biakpan Eburutu as it's commonly called. Although classed as an upper cross river language due to lexical proximity to Kohumuno language spoken by the Bahumuno communities of Abi LGA, however Ubaghara is mostly related to both Efik and Qua, and most Ubaghara communities, especially Biakpan and Utuma, speak the Efik language interchangeably. Ubaghara people together with Umon were the original Obutong natives of Old Calabar who migrated to present day Biase. This migration was due to numerous conflicts with their Efik kinsmen at the time.

Ubaghara
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1985)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central North–South Ubaghara–Kohumono Ubaghara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	byc
Glottolog	ubag1245

Dialects

Ubaghara dialects according to Blench (2019):^[2]

• Biakpan
• Ikun
• Etono
• Ugbem
• Utuma