Abua
| Abua | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Nigeria | |
| speaker | 30,000 (year 2002) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
|
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
decrease |
|
The Abua is a language spoken on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria . It belongs to the language family of the Niger-Congo languages .
Geographical distribution
The language is spoken by 30,000 residents (as of 2002) locally in the Degema and Ahoada areas in the Nigerian state of Rivers State . There is also a very small, but linguistically lively group of immigrants in the United States of America who are increasingly adopting the English language.
Dialects
The Abua distinguish between four dialects of their language; Ogbo, Emughan, Otabha and Okpeden.
Literature in Abua
The writings published in Abua are mostly rare and mostly translations of various already existing works and materials, especially from the field of religion.
The first written materials date from 1971 , the Aselemi adibel adinya itugha onu Abuan and the Opuru adiri ogbia by Ian Gardner and Idumesaro, respectively, as well as the New Testament on Abua 1978 . 1980 published Ian Gardner a dictionary Abua English.
history
Around the 13th century, many Abuas left their villages and cities that are now in Cameroon and emigrated together with the Efiks and Ibibios , who inhabit today's delta area of Nigeria.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ISO / DIS 639-3: dec