Ogba | |
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Region | Rivers, Delta and Imo States, Nigeria |
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Native speakers | 334,000 (2020)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | ogc |
Glottolog | ogba1241 |
Ogba (also Olu Ogba, mobu onu Ogbah) is an Igboid language spoken by Ogba peopleofNigeria mostly in River State. They are part of the Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government AreainRivers State.[2][3] The king is referred to as the 'Oba' just as the Benin's refer to theirs. Annually they celebrate the 'Egwu ogba' festival. The largest festival in the Egi land.
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Certain digraphs and trigraphs are also used.
The tones are indicated with diacritics:
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