Abua language

Cross River language of southern Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abua (Abuan) is a Central Delta language of Nigeria.

NativetoNigeria

RegionRivers State

Native speakers

(25,000 cited 1989)^[1]

Language family

Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
  - Cross River
    - Central Delta
      - Abua–Odual
        Abua

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Abua
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Rivers State
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Central Delta Abua–Odual Abua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`abn`
Glottolog	`abua1244`

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Writing system

Abua alphabet^[2]
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

Phonology

Consonants

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		Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Alveolo- palatal	Palatal	Labial–velar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m		n		ɲ	ŋ͡m	ŋ
Stop	unvoiced	p		t			k͡p	k
Stop	voiced	b		d			ɡ͡b	g
Affricate
Fricative	unvoiced		f	s						h
Fricative	voiced	β	v	z				ɣ
Tap/flap				ɺ
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l
Semivowel						j	w
Implosive		ɓ		ɗ

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Vowels

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	Front	Mid-front	Central	Mid-back	Back
Close	i	e	ɨ	o	u
Near-close				ʊ
Mid			ə
Open	a	ɛ		ɔ

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Tones

Abua has 3 tones. /˦/ is high tone, /˨/ is low tone, and /↓˦/ is falling tone.^[3]

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