Oruma
| Oruma | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Nigeria | |
| speaker | 5,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 | ||
The Oruma language (ISO 639-3 is orr) is an ijoide language of the Niger-Congo language family and, together with the Okodia language, forms the language group of the Ijo languages .
In 1995, about 5,000 people spoke the Oruma language in the Nigerian state of Bayelsa in the Ogbia Local Government Area and in the cities of Oruma and Ibelebiri . The number of speakers is falling, as English , which is more prestigious due to its official language status, is mostly adopted as the mother tongue.