Idoma

Idoma is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.

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Idoma · 7.2°N 7.7°E

Idoma (Ìdɔ́mà) is the second official language spoken in Benue State in southeast-central Nigeria, by approximately one million people (2020 estimate). The Idoma language is made up of the dialects of Agatu, Edumoga, Otukpo, Otukpa, Orokam, Akpa Agila, Utonkon, Igede, Etilo, Iyala. The Idoma people are predominantly hunters, farmers and fishermen. They are bordered to the north by Nasarawa, south by Cross River, east by Taraba and west by Enugu and Kogi States.

From Wikipedia · Idoma language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Ɛgɛ ni modudu acɛ kɛcɛ nya bɛcɛ ɛhehi aa ,hibi ɛgɔ ma acɛ duu jonjilɛ ipu kocɛgba nɔcɛ cɛgba mɛml’ojonjilɛ ipu ɔdah ni yabɔ ɔcɛ nya. Odudu acɛ kwu ŋwule ml’ohili otu mɛml’ocai kɛla jɔcɛ ɔha ni yipu ɔtu ɔcɛ aa, higbɔ ma ɔcɛ higbo yɔda mɛml’ ɔmpa gunu lɛ bɔinɛ nu ma.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Idoma

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	ocE*
name	Le*
eye	ikpweyi*
nose	eNwu*
tooth	ainu*
tongue	igbkE5i*
hand	abo*
blood	oi*
bone	ikpokwu*
skin	okpwiye*
breast	amE*
water	eNkpo*
sun	Eno*
stone	Eco*
tree	oci*
leaf	epu*
night	ajodou*
dog	ewo*
fish	Ebe5i*
louse	Ela*
one	ekpo*
two	Epa*
I	ami*
you	owo*
we	alo*
drink	e5ogwa*
see	oma*
die	oekwu*