Ogba (also Olu Ogba, mobu onu Ogbah) is an Igboid language spoken by
Ogba people of
Nigeria
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mostly in River State. They are part of the
Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area in
Rivers State
Rivers is a states of Nigeria, state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed on 27 May 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria, Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include Imo State, Im ...
.
The king is referred to as the Eze-ogba and was politically influenced to change the title as 'Oba' just as the
Benin's refer to theirs. Annually they celebrate the 'Egwu ogba' festival. The largest festival in the Egi land.
Writing system
Certain digraphs and trigraphs are also used.
The tones are indicated with diacritics:
* the high tone is indicated by the absence of a diacritic: ;
* the low tone is indicated with the grave accent : ;
* the falling tone is indicated with the circumflex accent : ;
* the
downstep
Downstep is a phenomenon in tone languages in which if two syllables have the same tone (for example, both with a high tone or both with a low tone), the second syllable is lower in pitch than the first.
Two main kinds of downstep can be distin ...
is indicated with the macron : .
Phonology
References
Igboid languages
Indigenous languages of Rivers State
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