Isoko language

<p>Isoko is one of the languages in <a href="/facts/Delta_State/bMIE4YRA">Delta State</a> spoken by the <a href="/facts/Isoko_people/LwTwY4ye">Isoko people</a> in Isoko South, North and part of <a href="/facts/Ndokwa_East/fA1FPtQQ">Ndokwa</a> East Local Government Areas  of Delta State, <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Southern part of Nigeria</a> in <a href="/facts/Niger_Delta/uwfuun7X">Niger Delta</a> <a href="/facts/Region/CdM1oaR3">region</a>. It is also spoken in some part of <a href="/facts/Bayelsa_State/68Ltt5dL">Bayelsa</a>.  Isoko is an <a href="/facts/Edoid_language/hMMr8K8P">Edoid language</a> The Isoko people are a tribe with some of their ancestral roots traced through history to  the <a href="/facts/Benin_City/rvm1QCh0">Benin</a> (Aka) kingdom while some of the Isoko communities or clans  have their origins from the <a href="/facts/Igbo_people/UhxvcD24">Igbo</a> and <a href="/facts/Urhobo_people/1p2c67Cf">Urhobo</a>. Some 750,000 people consider themselves Isoko. Language is a mark of identity and plays an all-important role in the life of a people. The Isoko language  however, is being threatened with extinction as reported by Idudhe (2002), as a result of neglect in teaching, learning and use. The Isoko language has about 20 to 21 dialects, but the Aviara/Uzere dialect is the standard dialect of the language.
</p><p>Michael A. Marioghae, working with <a href="/facts/Peter_Ladefoged/GPHjbHmP">Peter Ladefoged</a> in 1962, made one of a few audio recordings of sample <a href="/facts/Isoko_South/HcrR2pNo">Isoko</a> words that are made available at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Los_Angeles/KwPz7AK1">UCLA</a> phonetics archive.
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Isoko language