| Language name: | KOLOKUMA IJO |
| UPSID number: | 4150 |
| Alternate name(s): | NORTH-CENTRAL IJO |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Kwa |
| This language has | 37 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.375142326 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p t k kpW b d g gbW f v s z m n N r[ l j w i I e E a O o U u i~ I~ e~ E~ a~ O~ o~ U~ u~ |
| Comment: | Kolokuma Ijo is spoken on the Nun branch of the Niger delta system in Rivers State, Nigeria. There are two level tones. Vowel harmony separates 'close' vowels /i, e, u, o/ from their more open counterparts; /a/ is neutral. Nasalized vowels preceding stops are pronounced with a consonantal nasal offset homorganic with the stop. |
| Source(s): | Williamson, K. 1965. A Grammar of the Kolokuma Dialect of Ijo. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |