Oruma language

Oruma language
Oruma
Spoken in Nigeria
Region Rivers State
Native speakers 5,000  (1995)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Ijoid
    • Ijaw
      • West
        • Inland
          • Oruma
Language codes
ISO 639-3 orr

Oruma is one of three small Inland Ijaw languages of Nigeria. According to Ethnologue, it is not fully intelligible with other varieties of Inland Ijaw.



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