Abua (Abuan) is a Central Delta language of Nigeria.
| Abua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Rivers State |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 1989)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abn |
| Glottolog | abua1244 |
Writing system
edit| a | aa | ạ | ạạ | b | ḅ | d | ḍ | e | ee | ẹ | ẹẹ | f | g | gb | gh |
| i | ii | ị | ịị | j | k | kp | l | m | n | nm | ng | ny | o | oo | ọ |
| ọọ | p | ph | r | s | t | u | uu | ụ | ụụ | v | w | y | z |
References
edit- ^ Abua at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Further reading
edit- Elugbe, Ben Ohi; Williamson, Kay (1984). "Loss of the fortis-lenis contrast in Abuan languages". In Higgs, Jody; Thelwall, Robin E.W. (eds.). Topics in linguistic phonetics in honour of E.T. Uldall. Ulster University Press. OCLC 17442863.
- Gardner, Ian (1980). Abuan-English English-Abuan dictionary. Jos: University of Port Harcourt. ISBN 978-978-2321-08-4.
- Joshua, Kiikpoye Jonny (2006). The basics of Abuan grammar. Port Harcourt: The Joe Publishers.
- Miehe, Gudrun (1983). "Die Nominalklassen des Abuan". Afrika und Übersee (in German). 66 (1): 159–174.
- Ward, Ida Caroline (1937). "Phonology of Abua". Archiv für vergleichende Phonetik. 1: 51–52.
- Ward, Ida Caroline (1935). "A note on the Abua language". Africa. 8 (3): 377–378. doi:10.1017/S0001972000015680.
- Wolff, Hans (1969). Berry, Jack (ed.). A comparative vocabulary of Abuan dialects. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-0288-0.
External links
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