Oro (Oron) is a Lower Cross River language of Nigeria. The phonemes of Oron comprise seven oral vowels í, ε, e, a, o, ɔ, u, five plosive consonants b, kp, d, t, k, three nasal consonants m, ŋ, n, three fricative consonants f, s, h, two semi-vowel consonants w, y and one lateral consonant l. The lateral consonant is an unusual feature of Oro and it is not found in most neighbouring varieties.
| Nsíŋ Oro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Akwa Ibom State |
Native speakers | (75,000 cited 1989)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | orx |
| Glottolog | oroo1241 |
The Oron language does not possess any affixes or verb forms to express passive actions; 'he is received' becomes 'they receive him'. Finally, it may be noted that the relative order of the simple Oron sentence is subject-verb-object.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nsíŋ Oro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Simmons, Donald C. (July 1956). "Oron Verb Morphology". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 26 (3): 250–264. doi:10.2307/1156343. JSTOR 1156343. S2CID 143251357.