Ogbah

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A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3
ogc
Alternate Names
Ogba, Olu Ọgba
Autonym
Ọgba
User Population

334,000 (2020).

Location

Rivers state: Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni LGA in north Niger delta; Bayelsa state: Sagbama LGA.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Igboid, Igbo
Dialects

Egnih (East Ogbah), Igburu-Usomini, South Ogbah, West Ogbah. Igbo language subgroup member. Lexical similarity: 81%–94% among dialects. Ogbah dialect has 45% lexical similarity with Ndoni [ukw], 41% with Igbo [ibo], 32% with Ikwere [ikw], 23% with Ekpeye [ekp].

Language Use

Also use English [eng]. Also use Igbo [ibo]. Also use Nigerian Pidgin [pcm].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Low. Bible portions: 1999.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ogbah
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1994.

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.