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Agbirigba, the Glossary

Agbirigba is a cant (or argot) based on the Ogbakiri dialect of the Nigerian language Ikwerre of Port Harcourt.^[1]

11 relations: Advanced and retracted tongue root, Back vowel, Cant (language), Close vowel, Consonant cluster, Epenthesis, Ikwerre language, Mora (linguistics), Nasal vowel, Port Harcourt, Tone (linguistics).
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Advanced and retracted tongue root

In phonetics, advanced tongue root (ATR) and retracted tongue root (RTR) are contrasting states of the root of the tongue during the pronunciation of vowels in some languages, especially in Western and Eastern Africa, but also in Kazakh and Mongolian.

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Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

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Cant (language)

A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. Agbirigba and cant (language) are cant languages.

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Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

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Consonant cluster

In linguistics, a consonant cluster, consonant sequence or consonant compound, is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel.

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Epenthesis

In phonology, epenthesis (Greek) means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially in the beginning syllable (prothesis) or in the ending syllable (paragoge) or in-between two syllabic sounds in a word.

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Ikwerre language

Ikwerre, sometimes spelled Ikwere, or ikwerri, is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people, who inhabit certain areas of Rivers State, Nigeria. Agbirigba and ikwerre language are languages of Nigeria.

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Mora (linguistics)

A mora (plural morae or moras; often symbolized μ) is a basic timing unit in the phonology of some spoken languages, equal to or shorter than a syllable.

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Nasal vowel

A nasal vowel is a vowel that is produced with a lowering of the soft palate (or velum) so that the air flow escapes through the nose and the mouth simultaneously, as in the French vowel /ɑ̃/ or Amoy.

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