Abua language

Cross River language of southern Nigeria
Abua
Native toNigeria
RegionRivers 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 639-3abn
Glottologabua1244

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

Writing System

Abua alphabet
a aa ạạ b d e ee ẹẹ f g gb gh
i ii ịị j k kp l m n nm ng ny o oo
ọọ p ph r s t u uu ụụ v w y z

References

  1. ^ Abua at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

External links

  • Listen to a sample of Abua from Global Recordings Network
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Kaduna
Kano
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