Ogba language
Appearance
Ogba | |
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Region | Rivers and Imo States, Nigeria |
Ethnicity | Ogba people |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2015)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ogc |
Glottolog | ogba1241 |
Ogba (also Oba, Ogbah) is a dialect of the standard Igbo spoken by the Ogba people of Nigeria.[2] It is generally known as one of the Igboid languages.[3] [2]
References
- ^ Ogba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Ọgba Language Committee (August 11, 2013). "A DICTIONARY OF ỌGBÀ, AN IGBOID LANGUAGE OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA" (PDF). www.rogerblench.info. Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation, Cambridge, UK. p. 3. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- ^ "The Ogbah Language". 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-12-26.