Ebira (pronounced as /eh 'be ra/; also known as Igbira, Egbura, or Okene) is a Niger-Congo language.
It is spoken by around 2 million people in North central Nigeria. It is the most divergent Nupoid language.
Ebira | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Kogi state, Nassarawa state, FCT, Kwara state, Niger State, Benue state, Edo state, Ondo State |
Ethnicity | Ebira |
Native speakers | 2.2 million (2020) |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | igb |
Glottolog | ebir1243 |
The majority of speakers are in Kogi State in the Central part of that state; constituting the second largest ethnic group according to national population commission census 2006 Nasarawa State in Toto Local Government Area, where the name is usually spelt Egbura; Edo State in the Town of Igarra, where the language is usually known as Etuno; and in the Federal Capital Territory in the Town of Abaji. It is also spoken in Lapai (Niger State), Makurdi (Benue State and Kwara State and some are also found in Ondo State (Akoko).
Varieties of Ebira are:
Blench (2019) lists Okene, Etuno (Tụnọ), and Koto.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ɕ | k | |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | ɡ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | s | (ʃ) | h | ||
voiced | v | z | (ʒ) | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Tap | ɾ | |||||
Approximant | w | (l) | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
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