Itokrok

Idiophone (struck)Wooden GongMultiple instruments

LanguageEfik

MacrofamilyNiger-Congo

ISO Codeefi

City / RegionCross River State, Calabar South Local Government Area

CountryNigeria

ContinentAfrica

FamilyIdiophone (struck)

Instrument TypeWooden Gong

ContentSpiritual, Other

ProductivityCan convey all messages

Current StatusRarely practiced

Entry AuthorsVictoria Andem Bassey Ita and Elena Oh

Coordinates4.8627, 8.3307

Speech Surrogates

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

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