Ogbia language

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Ogbia
Ogbinya
Native toNigeria
RegionBayelsa State, Rivers State
Native speakers
390,000 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ogb
Glottologogbi1239

Ogbia (AgBeya or Abaya) is the most spoken

Central Delta language of Nigeria
. It is spoken by over 200,000 people.

Blench (2019) lists varieties as Kolo (Agholo), Oloiḅiri, and Anyama. The Anyama variety remains unattested and has no data.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ogbia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.