Efut-Balondo · Cross River State, Calabar South Local Government Area, Nigeria, Africa

Irimbi

Idiophone (struck)Cross-Shaped DrumMultiple instruments

LanguageEfut-Balondo

MacrofamilyNiger-Congo

ISO CodeN/A

City / RegionCross River State, Calabar South Local Government Area

CountryNigeria

ContinentAfrica

FamilyIdiophone (struck)

Instrument TypeCross-Shaped Drum

ContentCourtship, Death, Official, Other

ProductivityCan convey all messages

Current StatusStill practiced

Entry AuthorsQueen Daniel Imah and Elena Oh

Coordinates4.8627, 8.3307

Speech Surrogates

An academic resource for musical surrogate languages — instruments that encode speech.

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