Urhobo language
E274579
The Urhobo language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria, especially in Delta State.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urhobo language canonical | 18 |
| Oghene (Urhobo language) | 1 |
| Ukwuani dialect | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger-Congo language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Isoko language
ⓘ
Urhobo ⓘ
surface form:
Urhobo-Isoko cluster
|
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Urhobo people ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo
|
| glottologCode | urho1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Urhobo ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Urhobo
ⓘ
Úrhobo language ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventory | stops, nasals, fricatives, approximants ⓘ |
| hasDialects | multiple dialects ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable (variously assessed) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchOn |
morphology
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | analytic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Úrhobo ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography (various proposals) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | multiple oral vowels ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| isSpokenAlong | Niger Delta ⓘ |
| isUsedInEducation | some primary education contexts ⓘ |
| isUsedInReligion | Christian church services (locally) ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | urh ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | urh ⓘ |
| primaryArea | Delta State, Nigeria ⓘ |
| region | southern Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Urhobo people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Delta State, Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta State
Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic–Congo
Edoid ⓘ Volta–Niger ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Urhobo people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folklore
ⓘ
local media in Delta State ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional religion practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ukwuani dialect
this entity surface form:
Oghene (Urhobo language)