Oro language
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| Nsíŋ Oro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Akwa Ibom State |
Native speakers | (75,000 cited 1989)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | orx |
| Glottolog | oroo1241 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Oro (Oron) is a Lower Cross River language of Nigeria. The phonemes of Oron comprise seven oral vowels í, ε, e, a, o, ɔ, u, five plosive consonants b, kp, d, t, k, three nasal consonants m, ŋ, n, three fricative consonants f, s, h, two semi-vowel consonants w, y and one lateral consonant l. The lateral consonant is an unusual feature of Oro and it is not found in most neighbouring varieties.
The Oron language does not possess any affixes or verb forms to express passive actions; 'he is received' becomes 'they receive him'. Finally, it may be noted that the relative order of the simple Oron sentence is subject-verb-object.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Nsíŋ Oro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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