23 relations: Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden, Bayelsa State, Berbice Creole Dutch, Biseni language, Defaka language, Dogon languages, Gabriel Okara, Guyana, Ijaw people, Ijoid languages, Izon language, Joseph Greenberg, Kalabari language, Mande languages, Niger Delta University, Niger–Congo languages, Nigeria, Nkoroo language, Noun class, Okodia language, Oruma language, Southeast Ijo, Subject–object–verb.
Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden
The African Studies Centre (Afrika-Studiecentrum) is an independent scientific institute in the Netherlands that undertakes social-science research on Africa with the aim of promoting a better understanding of historical, current and future social developments in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Bayelsa State
Bayelsa is a state in southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region, between Delta State and Rivers State.
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Berbice Creole Dutch
Berbice Dutch Creole is a now extinct Dutch-based creole language.
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Biseni language
Biseni (Buseni) is one of three small Inland Ijaw languages of Nigeria.
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Defaka language
Defaka is an endangered and divergent Nigerian language of uncertain classification.
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Dogon languages
The Dogon languages are a small, close-knit language family spoken by the Dogon people of Mali, which is generally believed to belong to the larger Niger–Congo family.
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Gabriel Okara
Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (born 24 April 1921) is a Nigerian poet and novelist who was born in Bumoundi in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
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Guyana
Guyana (pronounced or), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America.
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Ijaw people
Ijaw people (also known by the subgroups "Ijo" or "Izon") are a collection of peoples indigenous to the Niger Delta in Nigeria, inhabiting regions of the states of Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, Akwa Ibom and Rivers.
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Ijoid languages
Ijoid is a proposed but undemonstrated group of languages linking the Ijaw languages (Ịjọ) with the endangered Defaka language.
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Izon language
Izon (Ịzọn), also known as (Central–Western) Ijo, Ijaw, Izo and Uzo, is the dominant Ijaw language, spoken by a majority of the Ijaw people of Nigeria.
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Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.
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Kalabari language
Kalabari is an Ijaw language of Nigeria spoken in Rivers State and Bayelsa State.
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Mande languages
The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in Africa by the Mandé people and include Maninka, Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Dioula, Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai.
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Niger Delta University
Niger Delta University (NDU) is in Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State in Nigeria is a Bayelsa state government funded university.
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Niger–Congo languages
The Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers and number of distinct languages.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
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Nkoroo language
Nkọrọọ is an Ijaw language spoken by about 4,500 ethnic Nkọrọọ in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Noun class
In linguistics, a noun class is a particular category of nouns.
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Okodia language
Okodia (Okordia), or Akita, is one of three small Inland Ijaw languages of Nigeria.
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Oruma language
Oruma is one of three small Inland Ijaw languages of Nigeria.
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Southeast Ijo
Southeast Ijo is an Ijaw language spoken in southern Nigeria.
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Subject–object–verb
In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order.
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ISO 639:ijo, Ijaw language, Ijo language, Ijo languages, Izon languages.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijaw_languages