Ijaw languages


Nchịkọta 
A na-ewere asụsụ Ijo dị ka ngalaba pụrụ iche nke ezinụlọ Niger–Congo (ikekwe ya na Defaka n'ime otu a na-akpọ Ijoid).[1]  Ha bụ ndị ama ama maka isiokwu ha – ihe – ngwaa bụ isi okwu n'usoro, nke bụ ihe a na-adịghị ahụkebe na Niger – Kongo, nke naanị alaka ndị dị anya dị ka Mande na Dogon kesara.  Dị ka Mande na Dogon, Ijoid enweghị ọbụna akara nke usoro klaasị aha a na-ewere dị ka njirimara Niger-Congo.  Nke a kpaliri Joseph Greenberg, na nhazi mbụ ya nke Niger–Congo, ịkọwa ha dị ka ndị ha kewara n'oge na ezinụlọ ahụ.  Agbanyeghị, n'ihi enweghị njirimara ndị a, ọkà mmụta asụsụ Gerrit Dimmendaal na-enwe obi abụọ na nsonye ha na Niger–Congo kpam kpam wee were asụsụ Ijoid dị ka ezinụlọ nweere onwe ya..

Edensibia

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