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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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