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Ijoid languages
There are at least 5 Ijoid languages or dialect clusters (cfr Williamson & Timitimi 1983, Jenewari 1989, Williamson & Blench 2000):
- Inland Ijo, incl. Biseni, Okodja, Oruma
- Izon
- East Ijo cluster, incl. Kalabari, Okrika, Ibani, and possibly also Nkoroo
- Brass Ijo, incl. Nembe and Akassa
- Defaka
A SELECTION OF PRINTED SOURCES
Jenewari, Charles E.W. 1989. Ijoid. In: The Niger-Congo languages (ed. by John Theodor Bendor-Samuel), p. 105-118. University Press of America, by arrangement with the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL).
Williamson, Kay; Timitimi, A.O. 1983. Introduction. In: Short Izon-English dictionary, p. ix-lxviii. University of Port Harcourt Press.
Williamson, Kay; Blench, Roger M. 2000. Niger-Congo. In: African languages: an introduction (ed. by Bernd Heine & Derek Nurse), p. 11-42. Cambridge University Press.
The Ijaw History Project.
www.ijawhistoryproject.com
Kay Williamson, 2004
Proto-Ijoid reconstructions (PDF).
www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm
Kay Williamson, 2004
Comparative Ijoid word list (PDF). Editing in process by Roger Blench.
www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm
Defaka sound files at the UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive.
archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/main2.htm
Aaron Shryock, Peter Ladefoged, Kay Williamson, 1995
Phonetic structures of Defaka (PDF). UCLA working papers in phonetics, v. 91, p. 89-109.
repositories.cdlib.org/uclaling/wpp/No91/
Eldred I. Ibibiem T. Green, Abe Brown, Adadonye Fombo
A dictionary of Ibani, an Ijoid language of the Delta (PDF). Originally prepared by Eldred I. Ibibiem T. Green, based on manuscripts by Abe Brown and Adadonye Fombo. Typing and preliminary editing by Kay Williamson. Circulation draft prepared by Roger M. Blench, April 2005.
www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm
Izon sound files at the UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive.
archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/main2.htm
Mona Lindau Webb, 1980
Phonetic differences in Nigerian languages (PDF). UCLA working papers in phonetics, v. 51, p. 105-113.
repositories.cdlib.org/uclaling/wpp/No51/
Mona Lindau Webb, 1982
Phonetic differences in glottalic consonants (PDF). UCLA working papers in phonetics, v. 54, p. 66-77.
repositories.cdlib.org/uclaling/wpp/No54/
Sara Mackenzie, 2005
Similarity and contrast in consonant harmony systems (PDF). From: Toronto working papers in linguistics, v 24, p. 169-182.
www.chass.utoronto.ca/~twpl/volume24.htm
Kalabari sound files at the UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive.
archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/main2.htm
Peter Ladefoged
Vowels and consonants: Kalabari Ijo. Sound files hosted at the UCLA Phonetics Lab.
hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/index/language.html
Mona Lindau Webb, 1980
Phonetic differences in Nigerian languages (PDF). UCLA working papers in phonetics, v. 51, p. 105-113.
repositories.cdlib.org/uclaling/wpp/No51/
Mona Lindau Webb, 1982
Phonetic differences in glottalic consonants (PDF). UCLA working papers in phonetics, v. 54, p. 66-77.
repositories.cdlib.org/uclaling/wpp/No54/
C. Chanard
Ijo de l'Est (Okrika) - système alphabétique d'après "Alphabets des langues africaines", Unesco-SIL 1993. LLACAN (Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire).
sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono
Mona Lindau Webb, 1982
Phonetic differences in glottalic consonants (PDF). UCLA working papers in phonetics, v. 54, p. 66-77.
repositories.cdlib.org/uclaling/wpp/No54/
Levi Sika, 1995
Kirikeni okueingbolu diri / Okrika dictionary (PDF). Web-version prepared by Roger Blench, May 2005.
www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm
