# Oro language

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{{Short description|Lower Cross River language of Nigeria}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Nsíŋ Oro
|region=[Akwa Ibom State](/source/Akwa_Ibom_State)
|states=[Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
|speakers=75,000 
|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=[Lower Cross](/source/Lower_Cross_River_languages)
|iso3=orx
|glotto=oroo1241
|glottorefname=Oro
}}
'''Oro''' (Oron) is a [Lower Cross River language](/source/Lower_Cross_River_language) of [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria).
The phonemes of Oron comprise seven oral vowels '''í, ε, e, a, o, ɔ, u,''' five [plosive consonant](/source/plosive_consonant)s '''b, kp, d, t, k,''' three [nasal consonants](/source/nasal_consonants) '''m, ŋ, n,''' three [fricative consonant](/source/fricative_consonant)s '''f, s, h,''' two semi-vowel consonants '''w, y''' and one [lateral consonant](/source/lateral_consonant) '''l'''.  The lateral consonant is an unusual feature of Oro and it is not found in most neighbouring varieties.
  
The Oron language does not possess any [affixes](/source/affixes) or verb forms to express [passive actions](/source/passive_voice); 'he is received' becomes 'they receive him'. Finally, it may be noted that the relative order of the simple Oron sentence is [subject-verb-object](/source/subject-verb-object).<ref name="Simmons">{{cite journal | title=Oron Verb Morphology | author=Simmons, Donald C. | journal=Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |date=July 1956 | volume=26 | issue=3 | pages=250–264 | doi=10.2307/1156343| jstor=1156343 | s2cid=143251357 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cross River languages}}

Category:Lower Cross River languages
Category:Languages of Nigeria
Category:Oron languages
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