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Medefaidrin | |
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𖹝𖹰𖹯𖹼𖹫 𖹚𖹬𖹾𖹠𖹯 / Obɛri Ɔkaimɛ | |
Created by | adherents of the Obɛri Ɔkaimɛ church |
Date | 1930s |
Setting and usage | Ibibioland, Nigeria |
Purpose | |
Obɛri Ɔkaimɛ script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dmf |
Glottolog | mede1238 |
Medefaidrin (Medefidrin), or Obɛri Ɔkaimɛ, is a constructed language and script created as a Christian sacred language by an Ibibio congregation in 1930s Nigeria. It has its roots in glossolalia ('speaking in tongues').