Ivbiosakon | |
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Aoma | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Edo State |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1987) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ema – inclusive codeIndividual code:
ihi – Ihievbe |
Glottolog |
emai1241 |
Ivbiosakon, or Aoma, is an Edoid language of Edo State, Nigeria. The dialect names Ora and Emai are also used for the language.
Aoma has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, /i e a o u/ and /i ɛ a ɔ u/. [2]
It has only one clearly phonemic nasal stop, /m/; [n] alternates with [l], depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. (The other approximants, /ɹ j w h/, are also nasalized in this position: see Edo language for a similar situation.) The inventory is: [3]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio-velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | l [n] | ||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | ||
Fricative | f v | s z | x ɣ | |||
Trill | r | |||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w | h |
Ivbiosakon | |
---|---|
Aoma | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Edo State |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1987) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ema – inclusive codeIndividual code:
ihi – Ihievbe |
Glottolog |
emai1241 |
Ivbiosakon, or Aoma, is an Edoid language of Edo State, Nigeria. The dialect names Ora and Emai are also used for the language.
Aoma has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, /i e a o u/ and /i ɛ a ɔ u/. [2]
It has only one clearly phonemic nasal stop, /m/; [n] alternates with [l], depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. (The other approximants, /ɹ j w h/, are also nasalized in this position: see Edo language for a similar situation.) The inventory is: [3]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio-velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | l [n] | ||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | ||
Fricative | f v | s z | x ɣ | |||
Trill | r | |||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w | h |