Alternate Names: Ogba
Dialects: Egnih, Igburu-Usomini. Igbo language subgroup member. Lexical similarity: 81%–94% among dialects. Ogbah dialect has 45% lexical similarity with Ndoni ,, 41% with Igbo ,, 32% with Ikwere ,, 23% with Ekpeye ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 170,000 (1993 A. Ahiamadu).
Language Use: Also use English [eng], Igbo [ibo], Nigerian Pidgin [pcm].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Low. Grammar. Bible portions: 1999.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.