Urhobo language

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Urhobo is a South-Western Edoid language spoken by the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria. It is from the Delta and Bayelsa States.

Phonology

Urhobo has a rather reduced system of sound inventory compared to proto-Edoid. The inventory of Urhobo consists of seven vowels; which form two harmonic sets, and. It has a conservative consonant inventory for an Edoid language. It maintains three nasals, and only five oral consonants,, have nasal allophones before nasal vowels. According to Anthony Ukere, Urhobo has two tones, a high tone and a low tone. These can also combine to form rising and falling tones.

Syntax

Urhobo has the SVO constituent order type as illustrated with the example below: Òtítí ò chó ọhọ ná Otiti 3SG steal.PST hen DET ‘Otiti stole the hen.’

General references

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