Úrhobo language

E934605

Úrhobo language is a South-Western Edoid language spoken primarily by the Urhobo people in southern Nigeria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Uhrobo language 1
Úrhobo language canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language
South-Western Edoid language
language
belongsToBranch Edoid branch of Niger-Congo
country Nigeria
ethnicGroup Urhobo people
glottologCode urho1238
glottologName Urhobo
hasAlternativeName Uhrobo language
linked to: Úrhobo language

Urhobo language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands of speakers
over 500000 speakers
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
isMajorLanguageOf Urhobo people
ISO639-3Code urh
isSpokenNear Sapele
Ughelli
Warri
languageFamily Edoid languages
Niger-Congo languages
primaryStatus regional language
region Delta State
spokenBy Urhobo people
spokenIn Nigeria
southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
subfamily South-Western Edoid
linked to: Edoid languages
usedBy Urhobo ethnic group
linked to: Urhobo people
usedFor daily communication
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urhobo language hasAlternativeName Úrhobo language
Úrhobo language hasAlternativeName Uhrobo language
linked to: Úrhobo language