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Cultural Information
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Igala, known to the Igala people as “àbó ígálâ [àbóogálâ] in their language” is both an ethnic nationality and language (Ẹ̀jẹ̀bá 2016:1). Certain cultural groups such as the Bassa people maintain an Igala identity while other groups such as the Inoma or Ebu do not view themselves as Igala people (Ẹ̀jẹ̀bá 2016:2). These divergent identities result from different historical interactions between these groups and the Igala people of the Kogi State (Ẹ̀jẹ̀bá 2016).
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Phonology
The phonology of Igala consists of a mid sized inventory of consonants and vowels. Igala is a tonal language.
Phonological Inventory
Consonants
The consonants in Igala are given below.
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Co-articulated velar labial | Glottal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plosive | p b | t d | k g |
Vowels According to Ejeba, there are seven vowels in Igala.
PhonotacticsSyllables in Igala are in the form V, VC, or CVC. The maximal syllable in Igala is CVC.
ToneMain page: Tone MorphologyIgala is a dominantly isolating language. Igala does not make use of derivational or inflectional affixation. Nominalization
SyntaxIgala is a largely head-initial language. The basic word order of Igala is SVO (subject verb object) Verb PhrasesMain page: Verb Phrases Igala has multiple verb phrase constructions, such as serial verb constructions, split verbs, and cognate objects. Noun PhrasesMain page: Noun Phrases The determiner follows the head noun:
Possession is not morphologically marked (although may be marked tonally?). Adjectives and AdverbsSentence-Final ParticlesReferences |