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, languages_type = National languagesUvwie people of southern
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
Okpe
Okpe is a kingdom in Delta State, Nigeria. Today, it is also the name of a local government area. It is one of the many kingdoms that make up Urhobo tribe. Its capital is Orerokpe. The kingdom plays host to the Osubi Airport (also known as War ...
Eruwa
Eruwa ( or fully () meaning 'pieces of yam are available here' is a town and the headquarters of Ibarapa East Local Government Area in south-western Nigeria located in Oyo state. Eruwa is 72 km south west of Ibadan and 60 km north ea ...
as co-ordinate members of South-western Edoid branch of Proto
Edoid language
The Edoid languages are a few dozen languages spoken in Southern Nigeria, predominantly in the former Bendel State. The name ''Edoid'' derives from its most widely spoken member, Edo, the language of Benin City, which has 25 million native and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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Phonology
The phonemic inventory of Uvwie, amongst other things, consists of seven vowels. Although earlier studies identified nine vowels in two harmonic sets, and .Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994. ''Grounded phonology'', p 181''ff''
The consonant system is somewhat conservative, and nearly the same as that of Urhobo. The only significant differences are the loss of , , and of the distinction between ''l'' and ''n'': these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. also have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.