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abua language wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 writing system 2 phonology toggle phonology subsection 2 1 consonants 2 2 vowels 2 3 tones 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links toggle the table of contents abua language 16 languages català deutsch suomi français galego hausa hrvatski igbo italiano limburgs occitan ଓଡ଼ିଆ piemontèis simple english kiswahili yorùbá edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia cross river language of southern nigeria abua native to nigeria region rivers 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 3 abn glottolog abua1244 abua abuan is a central delta language of nigeria writing system edit abua alphabet 2 a aa ạ ạạ b ḅ d ḍ e ee ẹ ẹẹ f g gb gh i ii ị ịị j k kp l m n nm ng ny o oo ọ ọọ p ph r s t u uu ụ ụụ v w y z phonology edit consonants edit bilabial labiodental alveolar alveolo palatal palatal labial velar velar uvular glottal nasal m n ɲ ŋ͡m ŋ stop unvoiced p t k͡p k voiced b d ɡ͡b g affricate fricative unvoiced f s h voiced β v z ɣ tap flap ɺ trill r lateral approximant l semivowel j w implosive ɓ ɗ vowels edit front mid front central mid back back close i e ɨ o u near close ʊ mid ə open a ɛ ɔ tones edit abua has 3 tones is high tone is low tone and is falling tone 3 references edit abua at ethnologue 25th ed 2022 kari ethelbert emmanuel joshua kiikpoye johnny 2011 abuan orthography in tony enyia ed orthographies of nigerian languages manual ix nigerian educational research and development council nerdc pp 1 12 phoible further reading edit elugbe ben ohi williamson kay 1984 loss of the fortis lenis contrast in abuan languages in higgs jody thelwall robin e w eds topics in linguistic phonetics in honour of e t uldall ulster university press oclc 17442863 gardner ian 1980 abuan english english abuan dictionary jos university of port harcourt isbn 978 978 2321 08 4 joshua kiikpoye jonny 2006 the basics of abuan grammar port harcourt the joe publishers miehe gudrun 1983 die nominalklassen des abuan afrika und übersee in german 66 1 159 174 ward ida caroline 1937 phonology of abua archiv für vergleichende phonetik 1 51 52 ward ida caroline 1935 a note on the abua language africa 8 3 377 378 doi 10 1017 s0001972000015680 wolff hans 1969 berry jack ed a comparative vocabulary of abuan dialects evanston northwestern university press isbn 978 0 8101 0288 0 external links edit listen to a sample of abua from global recordings network v t e languages of nigeria official languages english national languages hausa igbo yoruba recognised languages berom ebira edo efik ibibio fulfulde gbagyi idoma igala ijaw isoko izere jju jukun kanuri nupe karai karai tiv tyap ukwuani urhobo indigenous languages indigenous languages grouped by nigerian state adamawa baa bacama bali bata boga bura chamba leko daba daka dong fali of mubi ga anda gaa gude gudu holma huba hwana hya kamwe kanakuru kirya konzəl kofa koma kpasam kugama kumba lamang longuda margi margi south mumuye ngwaba nyong nzanyi psikyɛ sukur taram teme tso vere waja wom yendang zizilivakan akwa ibom anaang ekit ibibio obolo oron bauchi ɓeele bole bure ciwogai dass dazawa deno dikaka dulbu galambu gera geruma giiwo guruntum jalaa jarawa jimi karekare kariya kir balar kubi kushi kusur myet kutto kwaami labir longuda mangas mburku miya pa a piya polci shiki siri tso warji zangwal zumbun bayelsa izon epie urhobo isoko southeast ijo benue eggon igede borno afade bura cibak cineni dghwede glavda gude guduf gava gvoko jara jilbe kamwe kanakuru lamang maaka mafa margi margi south nggwahyi putai tera wandala yedina cross river abanyom efik mbe mbembe delta urhobo isoko ika izon isoko ukwuani uhrobo edo afenmai ishan bini gombe awak bangwinji bole dadiya jara kamo ngamo pero tangale tera tula waja jigawa bade teshenawa kaduna adara ahwai anib atsam ayu berom bu ninkada bina bishi cori doka dungu duya ekhwa gbagyi gbari gwandara gyong hasha hausa hyam ikulu jju kaivi kinuku koonu kuzamani mada mala nghan nikyob nindem ninzo numana nungu nyankpa ruma sambe sha shamang t kurmi timap tiseni tivori toro tugbiri niragu tumi tyap fantswam gworog sholyio takad tyap mabatado tyecharak tyuku vono wachi zhire kano ɗuwai hausa tikurmi kebbi cipu damakawa hun saare kogi basa benue bassa nge igala nupe oworo kwara kakanda kupa nupe nasarawa ake alumu basa benue duhwa eggon hasha jili toro niger asu bariba cipu gbagyi gwandara jijili kakanda nupe pongu ondo itsekiri izon ukaan plateau barkul berom bogghom bole cakfem mushere dass fyam fyer goemai horom izere jorto koenoem kofyar kulere miship montol mundat mwaghavul ngas pe pyapun rigwe ron sha sur tal tambas tarok tyap takad yankam yiwom rivers abua baan biseni defaka degema ekpeye eleme engenni gokana ijaw ikwerre kalabari khana kugbo nkoroo o chi chi obolo obulom odual ogba ogbogolo ogbronuagum ogoni okodia oruma tee ukwuani aboh ndoni taraba baissa fali bete buru dadiya donga kholok kpati laka lufu mumuye nyam nyingwom pangseng rang tarok waja waka yendang yoti yobe bade bole ɗuwai karekare ngamo ngizim sign languages nigerian sign language bura sign language hausa sign language scripts pan nigerian alphabet nigerian braille medefaidrin v t e cross river languages central delta abua abureni kugbo obulom o chi chi odual ogbogolo ogbia ogbronuagum ogoni baan eleme gokana khana tẹẹ upper cross river north south gwune humono kele oring ubaghara umon zekwe east west ikom legbo lokaa lubila mbembe nkukoli nyima yigha others agoi doko dorop iyongiyong kiong ukpet ehom lower cross river ibibio efik annang efik eket ibibio others ebughu enwang uda ibino iko ilue obolo okobo oro usaghade this article about cross river languages is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title abua_language oldid 1359239407 categories indigenous languages of rivers state languages of nigeria benue congo language stubs hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from june 2024 use nigerian english from may 2026 all wikipedia articles written in nigerian english language articles citing ethnologue 25 language articles with old speaker 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