Eloyi, walla Afu (Afo) walla Ajiri,[1] ko ɗemngal Plateau ngal senngo mum laaɓtaani. Haalooɓe ɗemngal Eloyi nder diiwaan Agatu e Otukpo diiwaan Benue e diiwaan Nassarawa nder Naajeeriya.

Eloyi language
language, modern language
LesdiNaajeeriya Taƴto
Indigenous toDiiwal Benue, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Nassarawa Taƴto
Ethnologue language status6a Vigorous Taƴto

Senngo Armstrong (1955, 1983)[2] renndini Eloyi ko Idomoid, kono ndeen anndinde tuugii ko e doggol kelme goote, caggal ɗuum Armstrong hollitii sikkitaare mum.[3] Nate goɗɗe gadane ina limta ɗum e Plateau,[6] e Blench (2008) acci ɗum ko caltal Plateau ceertungal.[4]

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Blench (2007) ina sikki Eloyi ko ɗemngal Plateau ceertungal, ngal heɓi batte Idomoid, wonaa noon.[5]

Fonoloji Konnguɗi Konnguɗi[9] Labiyo Bilabial- dental Alveolar Post- alveolaar Palatal Velaar Labial- velar Glotal Daande plosif p t k k͡p daande b d g g͡b Afrikaat d͡z d͡ʒ Daande frikatif f s ʃ h daande v z Nofru m n ɲ ŋ Rotik r/ɾ Ko ɓadii l j w Muniru e woɗɓe. (2021) renndini /ʃ/ ko caggal alveol, kono /d͡ʒ/, /ɲ/, e /j/ ko palatal. Blench (2007) ina waɗi kelme ɗiɗi gonɗe e palaŋ, binndaaɗe ⟨c⟩ e ⟨j⟩, ɗe Muniru et al. (2021) firti ko /t͡ʃ/ e /d͡ʒ/, no mbaydiiji ɗii fof. Kono tan, Muniru e woɗɓe. tawataa /t͡ʃ/ e nder doggol kelme maɓɓe. Muniru e woɗɓe. kadi waɗde /h/ e nder colonel labial-velar e nder tabalde ndee kono siftinde ɗum ko frikatif glotal mo alaa daande. Blench (2007) waɗaani /h/ e nder limto alkule. Muniru e woɗɓe. tawi kadi ina waɗi geɗe labiyalisaasiyoŋ e palatalisaasiyoŋ. Wowel Woni Yeeso Cakaare Caggal Uddu i u Ko ɓadii-hakkunde e o Uddit-hakkunde ɛ ɔ Uddit a Muniru e woɗɓe. (2021) kadi tawi [ø] e nder [ɾǿwɛ́] ‘boɗeejo’, hay so tawii ɓe mbiyi ɗum ina waawi tawa ko sabu [w] garoowo oo.[10] Ɓe ciftina kadi wonde ina waawi wonde tonngi joy : les, hakkunde, toowɗo, ummotooɗo-dowre, e dogde-ummotooɗo.[6].

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  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (eds.). "Ajiri". Glottolog. 5.0. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. Blench 2007, citing Armstrong, R. G. (1955). "The Idoma-speaking peoples". In Forde, C. D. (ed.). Peoples of the Niger-Benue confluence. Ethnographic Survey of Africa. X. London: IAI. pp. 77–89.
  3. Blench 2007, citing Armstrong, R. G. (1984). "The consonant system of Akpa". Nigerian Language Teacher. 5 (2): 29.
  4. Blench, Roger (2008-04-24). "Prospecting proto-Plateau" (PDF). Draft. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-04-07.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. Blench, Roger (2008-04-24). "Prospecting proto-Plateau" (PDF). Draft. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-04-07.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. Blench, Roger (2008-04-24). "Prospecting proto-Plateau" (PDF). Draft. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-04-07.CS1 maint: date and year (link)