Ogbronuagum Language
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Ogbronuagum, also called Bukuma after a village in which it is spoken, is a
Central Delta language The Central Delta languages are spoken in Rivers State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Ogbia is the most populous, with over 200,000 speakers. The languages are Abua– Odual, Ogbia, Kugbo, Abureni, Obulom, O’chi’chi’, Ogbogolo Ogbogolo ...
of
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. Ogbronuagum is gotten from two words "Ogbronu" and "Agum" which would literally mean "the language of the people of Agum". So it would be okay to join the two words "Ogbronu" and "Agum" as "Ogbronuagum". The language is spoken by people in a town called Bukuma in
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of Nigeria. The town of Bukuma is different from the popular Buguma town. The towns are close and are both in Rivers State of Nigeria.


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Indigenous languages of Rivers State Central Delta languages {{CrossRiver-lang-stub