Abon language

{{For|the Bantu language of southwestern Cameroon sometimes known as Abo|Bankon language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Abon

| altname = Abong, Abõ, Ba'ban{{cite web|title=Abon|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2019|publisher=LINGUIST List|access-date=23 November 2024|url=http://www.multitree.org/codes/abo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605154705/http://www.multitree.org/codes/abo.html}}

| states = Nigeria

| region = Taraba State

| ethnicity = Ba’ban

| speakers = 1,000

| date = 1973

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Benue–Congo

| fam4 = Southern Bantoid

| fam5 = Tivoid

| fam6 = North

| iso3 = abo

| glotto = abon1238

| glottorefname = Abon

}}

Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.

Phonology

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Consonant Chart of Abon Language
colspan="2" \| ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Uvular ! Glottal
colspan="2" \| Nasal \| {{IPAlink\|m}} \| {{IPAlink\|n}} \| {{IPAlink\|ɲ}} \| {{IPAlink\|ŋ}} \| \|
rowspan="2" \| Plosive ! {{small\|voiceless}} \| {{IPAlink\|p}} \| {{IPAlink\|t}} \| \| {{IPAlink\|k}} \| \|
{{small\|voiced}} \| {{IPAlink\|b}} \| {{IPAlink\|d}} \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \| Fricative \| {{IPAlink\|f}} \| {{IPAlink\|s}} \| \| \| {{IPAlink\|ʁ}} \| {{IPAlink\|h}}
colspan="2" \| Approximant \| {{IPAlink\|w}} \| \| {{IPAlink\|j}} \| \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Consonant Chart of Abon Language

colspan="2" |

! Labial

! Alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

! Uvular

! Glottal

colspan="2" | Nasal

| {{IPAlink|m}}

| {{IPAlink|n}}

| {{IPAlink|ɲ}}

| {{IPAlink|ŋ}}

|

rowspan="2" | Plosive

! {{small|voiceless}}

| {{IPAlink|p}}

| {{IPAlink|t}}

|

| {{IPAlink|k}}

|

| {{IPAlink|b}}

| {{IPAlink|d}}

|

colspan="2" | Fricative

| {{IPAlink|f}}

| {{IPAlink|s}}

|

| {{IPAlink|ʁ}}

| {{IPAlink|h}}

colspan="2" | Approximant

| {{IPAlink|w}}

|

| {{IPAlink|j}}

|

= Long Consonants Chart =

class="wikitable"

!Letter

!"Short"

!"Long"

!Sound

align="center"

|kk

|/{{IPA link|k}}/

|{{IPA|/kk/}}

|Velar Plosive

align="center"

|kp

|/{{IPA link|kp}}/

|/kp/

|Velar Bilabial Plosive

align="center"

|mm

|/{{IPA link|m}}/

|{{IPA|/mm/}}

|Bilabial Nasal

align="center"

|nn

|/n/

|/nn/

|Alveolar Nasal

align="center"

|NN

|/N/

|/NN/

|Alveolar Nasal

align="center"

|pp

|/p/

|/pp/

|Bilabial Plosive

align="center"

|tt

|/t/

|/tt/

|Alveolar Plosive

= Vowel Chart of Abon Language =

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \| ! colspan="3" \|Front ! colspan="2" \|Central ! colspan="3" \|Back
short \|\| colspan="2" \|long !short \|\| long !short \|\| colspan="2" \|long
High \|{{IPAlink\|ɪ}} \|{{IPAlink\|iː}} \|{{IPA\|ii}} \| colspan="2" \|{{IPAlink\|ʉ}} \|{{IPAlink\|o}} \|{{IPAlink\|uː}} \|{{IPA\|uu}}
Mid \| \|{{IPAlink\|eː}} \|{{IPA\|ee}} \| colspan="2" \|{{IPAlink\|ə}} \|{{IPAlink\|ɔ}} \|{{IPAlink\|ʌ}} \|
Low \|{{IPAlink\|a}} \|{{IPA\|aa}} \| colspan="3" \| \| colspan="3" \|

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |

! colspan="3" |Front

! colspan="2" |Central

! colspan="3" |Back

short || colspan="2" |long

!short || long

!short || colspan="2" |long

High

|{{IPAlink|ɪ}}

|{{IPAlink|iː}}

|{{IPA|ii}}

| colspan="2" |{{IPAlink|ʉ}}

|{{IPAlink|o}}

|{{IPAlink|uː}}

|{{IPA|uu}}

Mid

|

|{{IPAlink|eː}}

|{{IPA|ee}}

| colspan="2" |{{IPAlink|ə}}

|{{IPAlink|ɔ}}

|{{IPAlink|ʌ}}

|

Low

|{{IPAlink|a}}

|{{IPA|aa}}

| colspan="3" |

{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229012204_A_Robust_Language_Processor_for_African_Tone_Language_Systems|title=(PDF) A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}}

Abon language

Phonology

= Long Consonants Chart =

= Vowel Chart of Abon Language =

References

Further reading