Cross River language

Cross River
Delta–Cross
Geographic distribution	Southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River
Subdivisions	Upper Cross Lower Cross Ogoni (Kegboid) Central Delta
Glottolog	delt1251
The Cross River languages shown within Nigeria and Cameroon:   Central Delta   Ogoni Lower Cross:   Obolo   Lower Cross proper Upper Cross:   Upper Cross besides Central Central Upper Cross:   North–South   East–West

Lower Cross:

Upper Cross:

The Cross River or Delta–Cross languages are a branch of the Benue–Congo language family spoken in south-easternmost Nigeria, with some speakers in south-westernmost Cameroon. The branch was first formulated by Joseph Greenberg; it is one of the few of his branches of Niger–Congo that has withstood the test of time.

Greenberg's Cross River family originally included the Bendi languages. The Bendi languages were soon seen to be very different and thus were made a separate branch of Cross River, while the other languages were united under the branch Delta–Cross. However, the inclusion of Bendi in Cross River at all is doubtful, and it has been tentatively reassigned to the Southern Bantoid family, making the terms Cross River and Delta–Cross now synonymous.

There are four primary branches of Cross River: