Isoko

Isoko
Isoko

Gesprochen in

 Nigeria
Sprecher 423.000 [1]
Linguistische
Klassifikation

Niger-Kongo
Sprachcodes
ISO 639-3:

iso

Die Sprache Isoko ist eine edoide Sprache, die in der Region Isoko in Nigeria vom Volk der Isoko gesprochen wird.

Sie ist sprachwissenschaftlich mit der Sprache Urhobo des benachbarten Urhobo-Volkes ähnlich.

Michael A. Marioghae, welcher mit Peter Ladefoged im Jahre 1962 zusammenarbeitete, machte eine von wenigen Stimmaufzeichnungen von sample-Isoko-Wörtern, welche dem UCLA phonetics archive zugänglich gemacht wurden.[2]

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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ (2001, Ethnologue)
  2. ↑ Isoko audio word-list

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