Nkoroo language

{{Short description|Ijaw language of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nkọrọ

|nativename=

|states=Nigeria

|region=Rivers State, Opobo-Nkoro LGA

|ethnicity=Nkoro people

|speakers={{sigfig|4550|2}}

|date=1989

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Ijoid

|fam3=Ịjọ

|fam4=East

|iso3=nkx

|glotto=nkor1239

|glottorefname=Nkoro

}}

Nkọrọọ is an Ijaw language spoken by about 4,500 ethnic Nkọrọ in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Nkọrọ has significantly influenced the Defaka language.{{Cite web|url=http://defaka.rutgers.edu/people.html|title=Documenting Defaka & Nkoroo|website=defaka.rutgers.edu|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314075020/http://defaka.rutgers.edu/people.html|archive-date=2016-03-14|url-status=dead}}

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