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Onu Odual (the Odual language) is a poorly studied Central Delta language spoken by the Odual community in the Abua–Odual
Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. The Odual community is divided into three major groups, Adibaam, Arughunya
and Abureni groups. The Adibaam group comprises Adada, Emelego, Ogboloma and Okolomade; the Arughunya group comprises Ekunuga,
Anyu, Emaarikpoko, Obedum and Odau, while the Abureni group comprises Akani, Amuruto and Emago-Kugbo (cf. Gardner et al. 1974
and Comson 1987). Comson, citing the Rivers State of Nigeria Ministry of Economic Development and planning (1983), puts the
population of Odual at 30,028. The Odual Clan is bounded in the east by Abua villages of Ogbema, Arukwo, Ogbogolo, in the
west by Oloibiri, Amurukeni in Ogbia (in Bayelsa State of Nigeria), in the north by Oruma, Ibelebiri, Kolo (also in Ogbia),
and in the south by Nembe town of Oluasiri, Bassambiri, Ekpoma, Ogbolomabiri (also in Bayelsa State of Nigeria), etc. . Odual
is not spoken by all the communities that make up the Odual Clan. The communities that do not speak Odual are those that belong
to the Abureni group. These communities speak Kugbo, a Delta Cross language that is coordinate with Odual . In addition to
Odual, some speakers in the Adibaam group also understand and speak Abuan, Kugbo, Nembe, Kalabari and Ogbia (Kolo Creek),
some speakers in the Arughunya group also understand and speak Ogbia, Nembe and Kalabari. Speakers of the Odual language call
themselves Ikpetemonu Odual, meaning speakers of the Odual language. A speaker of this language is called Okpetemonu Odual.
Odual is coordinate with other Central Delta languages such as Abuan, Kugbo, Mini, Obulom, Ogbia, Ogbogolo and Ogbronuagum
. These languages with which Odual is coordinate are also spoken in Rivers State of Nigeria, except Ogbia, which is spoken
in Bayelsa State of Nigeria. There is a dearth of scholarly linguistic literature on these languages in comparison with languages
such as Degema, Kalabari, Obolo, and Izon. The major linguistic studies on Odual are Comson (1987), Madumere (2006), and Kari
(2009). Other materials on Odual include Gardner et al. (1974), Gardner (1975), and Kari (2007a, 2007b). |
Names (more)[en] Odual language |
Language type : Living
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