Urhobo language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

  • Atlantic - Congo Volta - Niger Sm- Yeai Edoide languages Süswest

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The Urhobo is one of the edoiden languages ​​and is spoken by the people of Urhobo in the south of Nigeria. It is to the Benue - Congo languages ​​, one of the groups of the Niger - Congo languages ​​, counted.

Phonology

Urhobo has a relatively conservative consonant inventory for a doide language. It contains three nasal and only five oral consonants / ɺ, l, ʋ, j, w /, which have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.

Delta State Language family Atlantic languages Labial consonant Labiodental consonant Alveolar consonant Palatal consonant Velar consonant Labiovelar consonant Glottal consonant Fricative consonant Flap consonant Approximant consonant
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