- Source: Ogoni languages
The Ogoni languages, or Kegboid languages, are the five languages of the Ogoni people of Rivers State, Nigeria.
They fall into two clusters, East and West, with a limited degree of mutual intelligibility between members of each cluster. The Ogoni think of the cluster members as separate languages, however.
The classification of the Ogoni languages is as follows:
East: Khana and Tẹẹ, with around 1,800,000 speakers between them, and Gokana, with about 250,000.
West: Eleme, with about 90,000 speakers, and Baan, with around 50,500.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
See also
List of Proto-Ogoni reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
Blench, Roger and Kay Williamson. 2008. The Ogoni languages: comparative word list and historical reconstructions.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Nigeria
- Rumpun bahasa Cross River
- Ogoni languages
- Ogoni people
- Rivers State
- Khana language
- Tee language
- Gokana language
- Cross River languages
- Kana language
- Ken Saro-Wiwa
- Benue–Congo languages
