Uvbie language information

Uvwie
Uvwie
Uvwie
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Delta State
Ethnicity	Urhobo
Native speakers	20,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Edoid Southwestern Uvwie; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	evh
Glottolog	uvbi1238

Uvwiẹ or Ẹphrọn (Effurun) is a Niger Delta language spoken by the Uvwie people of southern Nigeria. It is classified alongside Urhobo, Okpe, Isoko and Eruwa as co-ordinate members of South-western Edoid branch of Proto Edoid language^[2] spoken by the Uvwie people of southern Nigeria.

^ Uvwie at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Elugbe, B. O. 1989. A comparative Edoid: Phonology and lexicon. Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press.Pp 26

[e18-1] Uvwie at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Elugbe, B. O. 1989. A comparative Edoid: Phonology and lexicon. Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press.Pp 26

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