Agoi language

{{Infobox language

|name=Agoi

|nativename=Ibami

|states=Nigeria

|speakers=12,000

|date=1989

|ref = e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam6=Agoi languages

|iso3=ibm

|glotto=agoi1246

|glottorefname=Agoi

}}

Agoi, Robambami, or Ibami, is an Upper Cross River language spoken in Cross River State of Nigeria.

Phonology

Yul-Ifode lists the following vowel phonemes:

class="wikitable" \|+Agoi vowelsYul-Ifode, Shirley. 2003. Vowel harmony and vowel merger in Agoi. Studies in African linguistics 32. 1–16. ! !Front !Near-front !Central !Near-back !Back
Close \|i i: \| \| \| \|u u:
Close-mid \|e e: \|ɪ \| \|ʊ \|o o:
Mid \| \| \|ə \| \|
Open-mid \|ɛ ɛː \| \| \| \|ɔ ɔ:
Open \|a a: \| \| \| \|

class="wikitable"

|+Agoi vowelsYul-Ifode, Shirley. 2003. Vowel harmony and vowel merger in Agoi. Studies in African linguistics 32. 1–16.

!Front

!Near-front

!Central

!Near-back

!Back

|i i:

|u u:

Close-mid

|e e:

|ɪ

|ʊ

|o o:

Mid

|ə

Open-mid

|ɛ ɛː

|ɔ ɔ:

Open

|a a:

However, she notes that the use of phonemes /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ is in decline, as they are often in free variation with /i/ and /u/.