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Obolo language information


Obolo
Andoni
Native toNigeria
RegionRivers State, Akwa Ibom State
EthnicityObolo people
Native speakers
318,000 (2011)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Cross River
        • Lower Cross
          • Obolo
Language codes
ISO 639-3ann
Glottologobol1243

Obolo (or Andoni) is a major Cross River language of Nigeria. Obolo is the indigenous name of a community in the eastern Delta of the River Niger, better known as Andoni (the origin of this latter name being uncertain).[2] Obolo refers to the people, the language as well as the land. It is an agglutinative and an SVO language.

  1. ^ NBS (2011) Annual Abstract of Statistics. National Bureau of Statistics. Federal Republic of Nigeria. p. 26,64
  2. ^ A History of Obolo (Andoni) in the Niger Delta. By Nkparom C. Ejituwu. Oron: Manson Publishing Company, in association with University of Port Harcourt Press, 1991. Pp. xiv +314

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