# Agoi language

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{{Short description|Cross River language spoken in Nigeria}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Agoi
|nativename=''Ibami''
|states=[Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
|region=[Cross River State](/source/Cross_River_State)
|speakers=12,000 
|date=1989
|ref = e25
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo)
|fam3=[Benue–Congo](/source/Benue%E2%80%93Congo)
|fam4=[Cross River](/source/Cross_River_languages)
|fam5=[Upper Cross](/source/Upper_Cross_River_languages)
|fam6=Agoi languages
|iso3=ibm
|glotto=agoi1246
|glottorefname=Agoi
}}

'''Agoi''', '''Robambami''', or '''Ibami''', is an [Upper Cross River language](/source/Upper_Cross_River_language) spoken in [Cross River State](/source/Cross_River_State) of [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria).

== Phonology ==
Yul-Ifode lists the following vowel phonemes:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Agoi vowels<ref>Yul-Ifode, Shirley. 2003. Vowel harmony and vowel merger in Agoi. ''Studies in African linguistics'' 32. 1–16.</ref>
!
!Front
!Near-front
!Central
!Near-back
!Back
|-
!Close
|i i:
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|
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|u u:
|-
!Close-mid
|e e:
|ɪ
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|ʊ
|o o:
|-
!Mid
|
|
|ə
|
|
|-
!Open-mid
|ɛ ɛː
|
|
|
|ɔ ɔ:
|-
!Open
|a a:
|
|
|
|
|}
However, she notes that the use of phonemes /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ is in decline, as they are often in free variation with /i/ and /u/.

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Cross River languages}}

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Category:Languages of Nigeria
Category:Upper Cross River languages

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