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Ogbia language

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Ogbia
Ogbinya
Native toNigeria
RegionBayelsa State, Rivers State
Native speakers
390,000 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ogb
Glottologogbi1239

Ogbia (AgBeya or Abaya) is the most spoken Central Delta language of Nigeria. It is spoken by over 200,000 people.

Blench (2019) lists varieties as Kolo (Agholo), Oloiḅiri, and Anyama. The Anyama variety remains unattested and has no data.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ogbia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.