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For the Bantu language of southwestern Cameroon sometimes known as Abo, see Bankon language.
Abon
Abõ
Native toNigeria
RegionTaraba State
EthnicityBa’ban
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1973)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3abo
Glottologabon1238

Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.

Phonology

Consonant Chart of Abon Language
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive p b t d k
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Trill
Fricative f s ʁ h
Approximant w j

Long Consonants Chart

Letter "Short" "Long" Example
kk /k/ /kk/ Velar Plosive
kp /kp/ /kp/ Velar Bilabial Plosive
mm /m/ /mm/ Bilabial Nasal
nn /n/ /nn/ Alveolar Nasal
NN /N/ /NN/ Alveolar Nasal
pp /p/ /pp/ Bilabial Plosive
tt /t/ /tt/ Alveolar Plosive

Vowel Chart of Abon Language[2]

Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High /ɪ/ /iː/ /ii/  /ʉ/ /o/ /uː/ /uu/
Mid /eː/ /ee/  /ə/ /ɔ/ /Λ/
Low /a/  /aa/  

References

  1. ^ Abon at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "(PDF) A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

Further reading

  • Ekpenyong, Moses & Udoinyang, Mfon & Urua, Eno-Abasi. (2009). A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems. Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal: Computer Science and Telecommunications. 623.


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