Abon language

For the Bantu language of southwestern Cameroon sometimes known as Abo, see Bankon language.

Abon
Abong, Abõ, Ba'ban[1]
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Ba’ban
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1973)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Tivoid North Abon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abo
Glottolog	abon1238

Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.

Phonology

Consonant Chart of Abon Language

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d
Fricative		f	s			ʁ	h
Approximant		w		j

Long Consonants Chart

Letter	"Short"	"Long"	Sound
kk	/k/	/kk/	Velar Plosive
kp	/kp/	/kp/	Velar Bilabial Plosive
mm	/m/	/mm/	Bilabial Nasal
nn	/n/	/nn/	Alveolar Nasal
NN	/N/	/NN/	Alveolar Nasal
pp	/p/	/pp/	Bilabial Plosive
tt	/t/	/tt/	Alveolar Plosive

Vowel Chart of Abon Language

	Front			Central		Back
	short	long		short	long	short	long
High	ɪ	iː	ii	ʉ		o	uː	uu
Mid		eː	ee	ə		ɔ	ʌ
Low	a	aa

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References

1. "Abon". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
2. Abon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
3. "(PDF) A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

Further reading

• Ekpenyong, Moses & Udoinyang, Mfon & Urua, Eno-Abasi. (2009). A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems. Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal: Computer Science and Telecommunications. 623.