Kiong language
Endangered Cross River language of Nigeria
Kiong | |
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Kayon | |
Akoiyang | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Cross River State |
Ethnicity | 570 Akayon (no date)[1] |
Native speakers | 8 (2010)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kkm |
Glottolog | kion1242 |
ELP | Kiong |
Kiong, or Kayon, is a nearly extinct Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. Okoyong speakers of the Kiong language are geographically located in the Odukpani and Akamkpa region of Cross River State. This language was documented in 1990s, and it have 25 speakers counted in 1998. But in 2010, only 8 elders were able to speak Kiong (all in the 70s), leaving the language critically endangered/nearly extinct.
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | |
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Plosive | b | t d | k | kp | |
Fricative | f | s | x | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Approximant | w | r | j |
- /b/ is unvoiced [p] word-finally.
- /x/ can be heard as [h~ʁ].
- /ŋ/ is labialized [ŋʷ] syllable-initially.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː | |
Mid-high | e eː | o oː | |
Mid-low | ɔ ɔː | ||
Low | a aː |
Kiong also has four tones;[2] high, low, rising, and falling.
References
- ^ a b Kiong at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b c Okon, Margaret Mary P.; Noah, Paulinus (2018). "Preliminaries to Kiong Orthography". Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies. 6 (2).
External links
- ELAR archive of Documenting libation rituals in Kiong
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