Obolo (or Andoni ) is a major Cross River language of Nigeria . Obolo is the indigenous name of a community in the eastern Delta of the River Niger, better known as Andoni (the origin of this latter name being uncertain). Obolo refers to the people, the language as well as the land. It is an agglutinative , an SVO and a tonal language.
18-587: Eastern Obolo (or Obolo agan̄ Mbum-ura in the native Obolo language ) is a Local Government Area (LGA) in southern Nigeria, with its headquarters at Okoroete . It is a coastal local government area in Akwa-Ibom State under great tidal influence from the Bight of Bonny. Eastern Obolo LGA was mapped out of Ikot Abasi LGA by the Federal Government of Nigeria on 4 December 1996 with over 30,000 residents across
36-521: A total area of approximately 17,000 km. It comprises 16 villages, divided into two clans, namely Okoroete and Iko. It has ten political wards. All the villages in Eastern Obolo are of the Obolo ethnic group, there exist a common ancestral lineage which allows for peaceful coexistence and inter-relationship amongst them. The climate at Obolo, which has an elevation of None meters (0 feet) above sea level,
54-508: Is a Local Government Area in Rivers State , Nigeria . Its headquarters is located in Ngo-Town . It has an area of over 233 km and a population of over 311,500 at the last census . The postal code of the area is 504. The current Executive Chairman of Andoni Local Government Area is Hon. Lazarus Nteogwuile Gogoteh . Lazarus Nteogwuile Gogoteh. Andoni shares boundaries with Khana to
72-511: Is a fishing settlements at Educwink, Elek-Okpoon̄, Agan-asa. Forest reserves include mangrove, iroko , raffia, rubber, kolanut, coconut, peas, and mango. The people of Eastern Obolo are predominantly fishermen, with over 65 per cent involved in active fishing. The people are a combination of Obolo ethnic group and Iko extractions; strong cultural affinity exists among the people. It has a total landmass of 117,008 square kilometers with an estimated shoreline about 184 km long. Obolo language
90-628: Is a tone language. There are five tones in the language: low, high, mid, falling and rising tone. In writing, only the low tone (`) and falling tone (ˆ) are indicated. Tones are marked compulsorily on the first syllables of verbs and verbal groups. For other classes of words, only minimal pairs should be marked to avoid ambiguity. There are six major dialect groups in the language, namely: (from west to east): Ataba, Unyeada, Ngo, Okoroete, Iko and Ibot Obolo. Ataba, Unyeada and Ngo dialects are spoken in Andoni LGA of Rivers State ; Okoroete and Iko dialects
108-435: Is believed that writing in the language may have started much earlier. After the almanacs and calendars, many hymns and prayer books have been printed by some churches in the area. Apart from these, in 1968, Mr. M.M. Urang wrote the first primer in Obolo language. This was the first published non-church book in the language. All this while, there was no established orthography. The first professional linguistic analysis of Obolo
126-625: Is bounded to the north by Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, northeast by Onna , west by Ikot Abasi , southeast by Ibeno Local Government Area and in the south by the Atlantic Ocean . The cultural heritage is not restricted to the people; rather, to the entire Niger Delta with unique traditional dressing synonymous with "Etibo" and "Wurkor". Eastern Obolo has abundant mineral deposits with onshore and offshore oil wells at Elek-Okpoon̄, Iko, Otunene, Emeroke, Ikonta and Obianga. There
144-548: Is classified as tropical wet and dry or savanna (Aw). The district's average annual temperature is -0.81% lower than Nigeria's averages at 28.65 °C (83.57 °F). Obolo generally experiences 195.31 wet days (53.51% of the time) annually with average precipitation of 160.69 millimeters (6.33 inches). Eastern Obolo is located in the Akwa ibom fringe between Imo and Qua Iboe Rivers estuaries and lies between latitudes 4° 28' and 4° 53' and longitudes 7° 50' and 7° 55' East. It
162-468: Is regulated by the Obolo Language and Bible Translation Organization (OLBTO), a community-owned research and development organization that does dialect surveys and research, oversees the development and introduction of new terminologies, publishes books in the language, etc. This article about Cross River languages is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Andoni Andoni
180-671: Is spoken in Eastern Obolo LGA of Akwa Ibom State while Ibot Obolo is spoken in Ibeno LGA of Akwa Ibom State. Okoroete dialect is also spoken in one community in Andoni LGA. Ngo is the prestige dialect, hence the standard literary form of Obolo draws heavily from it. However, all verbs in the Standard Obolo are conjugated according to Ataba dialect. Obolo language now uses a decimal counting system. "The modern counting system evolved with
198-551: Is the major language of the people as the different communities speak different dialects of Obolo, which are mutually intelligible. The Iko dialect spoken in Iko clan and is intelligible to a large number of people in Eastern Obolo. Iko dialect is closely related to Obolo and to the Okoroutip dialect spoken in Ibeno LGA , the sister/twin LGA of Eastern Obolo. The community population is predominantly
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#1732859059745216-472: Is the only area in Rivers State, where you can spot Elephants, also other sea mammals like Dolphins , as well as turtles, crocodiles and other wild creatures. Andoni LGA encompasses 233 square kilometers in total, with an average humidity of 90%. The region has an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, and its topography includes a number of rivers and their tributaries . This article about
234-566: The North , Opobo Nkoro to the east , Bonny to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south . The Local government has been ages strives on an agrarian economy with nimble footing on fish, shrimp, and crop farming. From Oyorokoto which is incidentally referred to as the biggest fishing port in the west Africa, to Okoroboile to Ngo, Asarama , and Ataba , the people of the area are toiled in fish farming and sea food harvesting. The creeks, beaches, and aquatic and terrestrial wildlife are some of
252-466: The Obolo Language and Bible Translation Organisation, revised the orthography. The Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) published this updated orthography in 2000. Aaron's major contribution to this orthography, apart from some minor improvements, are in the areas of word boundaries and tone marking system. Obolo language is written in the Latin script. The alphabet is as follows: Obolo
270-629: The Obolos(75%), Ibibio and Ibo make up the remaining population. Emigration activities in the community is as a result of low productivity due to poor fish catch, limited farmlands, and the high rate of unemployment. http://www.helloakwaibom.com/eastern-obolo-lga/ Hello Akwa-Ibom This Akwa Ibom State , Nigeria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Obolo language "The first published materials in Obolo language were some almanacs and calendars which were printed in early 1940's" by Andoni Progressive Union. It
288-456: The peculiarities of the local government area. The Andoni unity carnival is a five-days amusing annual event in the local government area, the event is organised to showcase the culture of the people of the area in the month of December to end up at the first week in January. The event is sparked with activities like boat regatta , Coconut festival, beach Carnival and more. Andoni local government
306-557: The publication of Aya Ifuk Obolo by the Obolo Language & Bible Translation Project in 1985. It is a shift from the vigesimal 20-based counting to the decimal 10 -based counting system. The new system is much simpler than the old counting system, which is very limited and complex." The primary numerals are as follows: 0 - ofok 1 - ge 2 - iba 3 - ita 4 - ini 5 - go 6 - gweregwen 7 - jaaba 8 - jeeta 9 - onaan̄ge ten - akọp hundred - efit thousand - obop million - efie billion - ego trillion - ngwugwu Obolo language
324-630: Was done between 1981 and 1983 by Dr. Nickolas Faraclas, of the University of California, Berkeley who was directed to Obolo by Prof. Kay Williamson of the University of Port Harcourt and the Rivers Readers Project, to work with the then Obolo Language Committee. Faraclas analyzed the language and wrote an extensive description of the phonology and grammar of the language, and helped to design the Orthography. In 1991, Uche Aaron, in collaboration with
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