Abon language

For the Bantu language of southwestern Cameroon sometimes known as Abo, see Bankon language.

Abon
Abõ
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Ba’ban
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1973)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Tivoid North Abon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abo
Linguist List	abo.html
Glottolog	abon1238

Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.

Phonology

Consonant Chart of Abon Language

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d
Fricative		f	s			ʁ	h
Approximant		w		j

Long Consonants Chart

Letter	"Short"	"Long"	Sound
kk	/k/	/kk/	Velar Plosive
kp	/kp/	/kp/	Velar Bilabial Plosive
mm	/m/	/mm/	Bilabial Nasal
nn	/n/	/nn/	Alveolar Nasal
NN	/N/	/NN/	Alveolar Nasal
pp	/p/	/pp/	Bilabial Plosive
tt	/t/	/tt/	Alveolar Plosive

Vowel Chart of Abon Language

	Front			Central		Back
	short	long		short	long	short	long
High	ɪ	iː	ii	ʉ		o	uː	uu
Mid		eː	ee	ə		ɔ	ʌ
Low	a	aa

Further reading

• Ekpenyong, Moses & Udoinyang, Mfon & Urua, Eno-Abasi. (2009). A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems. Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal: Computer Science and Telecommunications. 623.