Abon language
Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.
Abon | |
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Abõ | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Taraba State |
Ethnicity | Ba’ban |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1973)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | abo |
Glottolog | abon1238 |
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
voiced | b | d | |||||
Fricative | f | s | ʁ | h | |||
Approximant | w | j |
Long Consonants Chart
Letter | "Short" | "Long" | Sound |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
References
- Abon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- "(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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