Abua language

Abua (Abuan) is a Central Delta language of Nigeria.

Abua
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Rivers State
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Central Delta Abua–Odual Abua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abn
Glottolog	abua1244

Writing system

Abua alphabet

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

Further reading

• 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

• Listen to a sample of Abua from Global Recordings Network