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(Redirected from Abõ) Tivoid language of Nigeria For the Bantu language of southwestern Cameroon sometimes known as Abo, see Bankon language.

Abon
Abong, Abõ, Ba'ban
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Ba’ban
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1973)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Tivoid North Abon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`abo`
Glottolog	`abon1238`

Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.

Phonology

Consonant Chart of Abon Language
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
Plosive	voiced	b	d
Fricative		f	s			ʁ	h
Approximant		w		j

Long Consonants Chart

Letter	"Short"	"Long"	Sound
kk	/k/	/kk/	Velar Plosive
kp	/kp/	/kp/	Velar Bilabial Plosive
mm	/m/	/mm/	Bilabial Nasal
nn	/n/	/nn/	Alveolar Nasal
NN	/N/	/NN/	Alveolar Nasal
pp	/p/	/pp/	Bilabial Plosive
tt	/t/	/tt/	Alveolar Plosive

Vowel Chart of Abon Language

	Front			Central		Back
	short	long		short	long	short	long
High	ɪ	iː	ii	ʉ		o	uː	uu
Mid		eː	ee	ə		ɔ	ʌ
Low	a	aa

References

"Abon". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
Abon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
"(PDF) A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

v t e Languages of Cameroon
Official languages	French English
Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba
Pidgins	Cameroonian Pidgin English Camfranglais Ewondo Populaire Arabic
Indigenous languages	Chadian Arabic Abon Afade Aghem Ambo Babanki Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Basaa Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Fa’ Fang Fanji Fe'fe' Fut Gawar Gbanu Gbanzili Ghomala' Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kabba Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kasabe Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwa’ Kwakum Kwasio La'bi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbə’ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Nda’nda’ Ndai Nen Nga'ka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Otank Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya
Sign languages	Francophone African Sign Language Maroua Sign Language
Immigrant languages	English French Punjabi Spanish German Italian Hindi Hebrew Arabic Chinese Portuguese Japanese Russian Danish Dutch
See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

v t e Tivoid languages
Central	Caka Ceve Eman Evant Ipulo Iyive Otank Tiv
Northern	Abon Ambo Batu Bitare
Others	Mesaka ? Esimbi ? Buru

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Phonology

Long Consonants Chart

Vowel Chart of Abon Language

References

Further reading