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Ogba (also Olu Ogba, mobu onu Ogbah) is an
Igboid Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. The subgroups are: *Ekpeye * Nuclear Igboid: Igbo, Ikwerre, Ika, Ngwa, Izii–Ikwo– Ezza– Mgbo, Ogba and Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni Williamson and Blench conclude th ...
language spoken by
Ogba people The Ogba people are one of the ethnic groups in Rivers state. The Ogba people speak Ogba an Igboid Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. The subgroups are: *Ekpeye * Nuclear Igboid: Igbo, Ikwerre, ...
of
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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Writing system

Certain digraphs and trigraphs are also used. The tones are indicated with diacritics: * the high tone is indicated by the absence of a diacritic: ; * the low tone is indicated with the grave accent :  ; * the falling tone is indicated with the circumflex accent :  ; * the
downstep Downstep is a phenomenon in tone languages in which if two syllables have the same tone (for example, both with a high tone or both with a low tone), the second syllable is lower in pitch than the first. Two main kinds of downstep can be disting ...
is indicated with the macron : .


References

Igboid languages Indigenous languages of Rivers State {{VoltaNiger-lang-stub