• Source: Ivbiosakon language

Ivbiosakon, or Aoma, is an Edoid language of Edo State, Nigeria. The dialect names Ora and Emai are also used for the language.




Phonology


Aoma has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, /i e a o u/ and /i ɛ a ɔ u/.
It has only one clearly phonemic nasal stop, /m/; [n] alternates with [l], depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. (The other approximants, /ɹ j w h/, are also nasalized in this position: see Edo language for a similar situation.) The inventory is:




References

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• Ivbiosakon language
• Edoid languages
• Ora
• Aoma
• Akoko Edo
• Ekpoma
• Auchi
• Afemai people
• List of villages in Edo State
• Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin