Ogbia language

Ogbia (AgBeya or Abaya) is the most spoken Central Delta language of Nigeria. It is spoken by over 200,000 people.

Ogbia
Ogbinya
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bayelsa State, Rivers State
Native speakers	390,000 (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Central Delta Ogbia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ogb
Glottolog	ogbi1239

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

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar
Nasal		m		n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p		t		k	k͡p
	voiced	b		d	d͡ʒ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ		ɗ
Fricative	voiceless		f	s
	voiced	β	v	z		ɣ
Trill				r
Approximant				l	j		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Near-high	ɪ ɪː		ʊ ʊː
High-mid	e eː	ə əː	o oː
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Low		a aː