Eruwa language
Edoid language of Nigeria
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Ẹrụwa is an Edoid language of Nigeria.
NativetoNigeria
RegionDelta State
Native speakers
850 (2018)[1]Niger–Congo?
-
Atlantic–Congo
- Volta–Niger
- yeai
- Edoid
- Southwestern
- Ẹrụwa
- Southwestern
- Edoid
- yeai
- Volta–Niger
| Ẹrụwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Delta State |
Native speakers | 850 (2018)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | erh |
| Glottolog | eruw1238 |
| ELP | Erohwa |
Phonology
The Ẹrụwa vowel system is hardly reduced from that reconstructed for proto-Edoid. There are nine vowels in two harmonic sets, /i e a o u/ and /ɪ ɛ a ɔ ʊ/.[2]
The language arguably has no phonemic nasal stops; [m, n] alternate with [b, l], depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. The approximants /ʋ, ɹ, j, w/ also have nasal allophones. The inventory is:[3]
