Epie language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

• Atlantic -Congo Volta - Niger Sm- Yeai Edoide languages delta

Epi

The language Epie (ISO 639-3 is epi) is a edoide language from the language family of the Niger - Congo languages ​​, which is in the Nigerian state of Bayelsa, in the municipal area ( LGA) Yenagoa, spoken.

It is one of three edoiden languages ​​from the subgroup Delta. It is spoken by about 12,000 people from the ethnic groups Epie and Atissa. The people of the Plema Atissa speaks the dialect atissa or atisa. The Speaker of the Epie are mostly bilingual in English, as the English the sole language of the country. Some may also send the Izon [ IJC ].