Anioma dialects of Igbo

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Igbo dialect cluster language variety

The Anioma dialects of Igbo are a cluster of Igbo language varieties spoken predominantly in the Anioma region of Delta State, Nigeria, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features that set them apart from central Igbo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Anioma dialect of Igbo	1
Anioma dialects of Igbo canonical	1
Ukwuani dialect	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Igbo dialect cluster ⓘ language variety ⓘ
associatedWith	Anioma ethnic identity ⓘ
culturalAssociation	Anioma oral history ⓘ Anioma proverbs and idioms ⓘ Anioma traditional festivals ⓘ
differsIn	lexicon from Central Igbo ⓘ tone patterns from Central Igbo ⓘ vowel quality from Central Igbo ⓘ
distinctFrom	Central Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationUse	occasionally used in local primary education and literacy materials ⓘ
geographicRelation	west of the River Niger ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Anioma Igbo dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Igbo (Anioma varieties) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	distinct lexical features ⓘ distinct phonological features ⓘ regional variation within Igbo ⓘ
hasDialect	Aniocha area varieties ⓘ Enuani dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Ika dialect ⓘ Ndokwa area varieties ⓘ Oshimili area varieties ⓘ Ukwuani dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	regional language varieties ⓘ
languageBranch	Volta–Niger languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSubbranch	Igboid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticInfluenceFrom	Niger Delta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ neighboring Edoid languages ⓘ neighboring Yoruba-related varieties ⓘ
mediaUse	used in some local radio and community media ⓘ
mutualIntelligibilityWith	other Igbo dialects ⓘ
partOf	Igbo language continuum ⓘ
regionType	Western Igbo area ⓘ
researchSubjectIn	African linguistics ⓘ dialectology of Igbo ⓘ
spokenBy	millions of speakers in Delta State and environs ⓘ
spokenIn	Anioma region NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta State NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ
standardizationStatus	not fully standardized ⓘ
subclassOf	dialects of the Igbo language ⓘ
underInfluenceOf	Nigerian English NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Anioma people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication ⓘ local cultural expression ⓘ oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aniocha South Local Government Area → dominantLanguage → Anioma dialects of Igbo ⓘ

Aniocha South → majorLanguage → Anioma dialects of Igbo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anioma dialect of Igbo

Anioma people → dialect → Anioma dialects of Igbo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukwuani dialect