Igbirran.
/ˈɪɡbᵻrə/, U.S. /ˈɪɡbərə/, West African English /ˈiɡbira/ The name of a people in Northern Nigeria; a member of this people; also, their language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > languages of
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1863 J. Thomas Jrnl. 24 July in Jrnls. & Notices Native Missionaries River Niger (1864) 88 He went to our school-room and offered a prayer in Igbira.
1880 J. Sturge tr. A. M. L. Burdo Niger & Benueh xv. 265 (heading) Attack by the Igbiras.
1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. xi. 226 Williams, a Negro Catechist..has lately made Translations into Igbira, some of which are used in Divine Service.
1925 C. K. Meek Northern Tribes Nigeria II. vii. 114 The Igbira mummify the body by pouring in gin or beer.
1958 J. S. Coleman Nigeria i. 24 Some of these [pagan tribes] were organized into unconsolidated village groups..others (for example, Igbirra, Bede, Bachama, and Igala) had achieved a certain measure of tribal unity.
1967 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 233/1 The native authority for Igbirra division, inhabited mainly by a tribe of the same name, consists of an elected council representative of the five Igbirra clans.
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