| Abon | |
| Nativename: | Abõ |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Taraba State |
| Ethnicity: | Ba’ban |
| Speakers: | 1,000 |
| Date: | 1973 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Tivoid |
| Fam6: | North |
| Iso3: | abo |
| Linglist: | abo.html |
| Glotto: | abon1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Abon |
Abon (Abõ) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Letter | "Short" | "Long" | Sound | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kk | pronounced as //k// | pronounced as //kk// | Velar Plosive | |
| kp | pronounced as //kp// | /kp/ | Velar Bilabial Plosive | |
| mm | pronounced as //m// | pronounced as //mm// | Bilabial Nasal | |
| nn | /n/ | /nn/ | Alveolar Nasal | |
| NN | /N/ | /NN/ | Alveolar Nasal | |
| pp | /p/ | /pp/ | Bilabial Plosive | |
| tt | /t/ | /tt/ | Alveolar Plosive |
| Front | Central | Back | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | ||||
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ii/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /uu/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ee/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /aa/ | |||||||