Ijo
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Categories: Languages, Nigeria
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- 1. Classification / Classification
- 2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
- 3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
- 4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
- 5. Usage / Utilisation
- 6. Orthography / Orthographe
- 7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
- 8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
- 9. Comments / Remarques
- 10. References / Références
1. Classification / Classification
Ijo or Ijaw represents a "language cluster" within Kwa.... More recent treatments (Bennett and Sterk 1977) suggest that the Ijoid languages are not part of the Benue-Congo group but are more distantly related. (Webbook?)
2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
It is spoken in Bendel and Rivers states, Nigeria. (Webbook)
3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
Williamson found four "major dialect clusters" which she felt to be mutually unintelligible; ... She noted that "there is no standard form of Ijo" (personal communication, 1983). (Webbook, with modification)
5. Usage / Utilisation
Ijo is a regional language. (Webbook)
6. Orthography / Orthographe
6.1 Status / Statut
Several of the dialect clusters have standardized orthographies introduced by Williamson; some do not. (Webbook) These are Latin-based alphabets including diacritic characters.
6.2 Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
Alphabet for eastern Ijo (Okrika) as reported by Hartell (1993) as presented in Systèmes alphabétiques: http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/AfficheTableauOrtho2N.php?choixLangue=ijo+de+l%27est+%28okrika%29
Sample text of southeast Ijo on the "Language Museum" site (NB, this may not be an official orthography): http://www.language-museum.com/i/ijo-southeast.htm
7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7.1 Fonts / Polices
7.2 Keyboards / Claviers
a) Keyboard Layouts / Dispositions de clavier
b) Physical Keyboards / Claviers de production
Lancor's "KỌNYIN" keyboard for Windows includes all needed characters for Ijo - http://www.konyin.com/
7.3 Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
7.4 Localized software / Logiciels localisés
7.5 Language codes / Codes de langue
- ISO 639-1: -
- ISO 639-2: ijo
- ISO 639-3: -
7.6 Other / Autre
8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
8.1 Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)
8.2 Institutions / Institutions
8.3 On the internet / Sur la toile
The Ijaw Dictionary Project http://www.ijawdictionary.com(approve sites) (site responds, but content doesn't load, 2015-11-14)
9. Comments / Remarques
This page needs more attention - the language/dialect situation is complex.
10. References / Références
Chanard, Christian (2006), Systèmes alphabétiques des langues africaines, LLACAN, CNRS, http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/
Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://africa.isp.msu.edu/afrlang/hiermenu.html (page on "Ijo," http://africa.isp.msu.edu/afrlang/Ijo_root.html )
Hartell, Rhonda L., ed. (1993), The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and SIL. (The French edition, published the same year, is entitled Alphabets de Langues Africaines).
SIL International, "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ijo," http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ijo
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
Wikipedia, "Ijaw languages," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijaw_languages
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