Okpamheri language

{{Short description|Edoid language of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Okpamheri

|states=Nigeria

|speakers={{sigfig|91,500|2}}

|date=2021

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta–Niger

|fam4={{sm|yeai}}

|fam5=Edoid

|fam6=Northwestern

|fam7=Southern NW

|iso3=opa

|lc1=adu|ld1=language of Aduge village

|glotto=okpa1238

|glottorefname=Okpamheri

}}

Okpamheri (Opameri) is an Edoid language of Nigeria. The number of speakers is not known; there were about 30,000 people who spoke Okpamheri (Opameri) language in 1973.{{Cite journal |last=Hammarström |first=Harald |date=September 2015 |title=Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/593411 |journal=Language |language=en |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=s1–s188 |doi=10.1353/lan.2015.0049 |issn=1535-0665|hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-0029-1D58-0 |hdl-access=free }} The language is moribund today.{{Cite journal |last=E.E |first=Odamah |last2=A |first2=Jimoh |last3=M.O |first3=Omorose |date=2025 |title=Okpameri Language: A Moribund Language |url=https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/articles/okpameri-language-a-moribund-language/ |journal=International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation |volume=XI |issue=XII |pages=583–593 |doi=10.51244/IJRSI.2024.11120053|url-access=subscription }}