Iwe Onini / The Holy Bible in Ebira language / Bible Society of Nigeria 2013 Ebira (also known as Igbira, Okpoto, Okene) is a Niger-Congo language. It is spoken by around a million people in Kogi State, North central Nigeria. It is the most divergent Nupoid language Varieties of Ebira are: Okene dialect, the main prestige dialect used in media and publishing. It is spoken to the west of the Niger-Benue confluence Koto (Okpoto) dialect, spoken to the northeast of the Niger-Benue confluence. It is known only from a wordlist in Sterk (1978a).