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| Ogbia | |
|---|---|
| Ogbinya | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bayelsa State, Rivers State |
Native speakers | 390,000 (2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ogb |
| Glottolog | ogbi1239 |
Ogbia (AgBeya or Abaya) is the most spoken Central Delta language of Nigeria. It is spoken by over 200,000 people.
Blench (2019) lists varieties as Kolo (Agholo), Oloiḅiri, and Anyama. The Anyama variety remains unattested and has no data.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ||||
| voiced | β | v | z | ɣ | |||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Near-high | ɪ ɪː | ʊ ʊː | |
| High-mid | e eː | ə əː | o oː |
| Low-mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
| Low | a aː |
References
[edit]- ↑ Ogbia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Isukul, Caroline (n.d.). A grammar of Agholo [Ogbia].
- ↑ Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (2017). Central Delta languages: An overview. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 47. University of Botswana, Botswana. pp. 1–26.