| Engenni | |
| Nativename: | Ẹgẹnẹ |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Bayelsa State, Rivers State |
| Ethnicity: | Engenni people |
| Speakers: | 20,000 |
| Date: | 1980 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta–Niger |
| Fam5: | Edoid |
| Fam6: | Delta |
| Iso3: | enn |
| Glotto: | enge1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Egene |
Engenni (Ẹgẹnẹ) is an Edoid language of Nigeria.
Engenni is a fairly isolating language, having little affixation.[1] There is no plural form for words. It has definite articles, but no indefinite articles. There is a two-contrast with regards to demonstratives, while pronominal and adnominal demonstratives are identical (as in English). Verbs are marked for perfective/imperfective aspect, but there is no past tense.[2]
Engenni is an SVO language that uses prepositions. Adjectives, demonstratives, and numerals follow the noun they describe. Yes–no questions are marked with a special particle, which goes at the end of the question. Negation is indicated by a change in tone.
Engenni has been written since the 1930s, initially in leaflets, posters and religious hymns, or a translation of the Bible. It took several decades before non-religious literary works were published in English. In the 1970s, several literacy works were published by Joycelyn Clevenger or Mosaic Urugba with the Rivers Readers Project. A translation of the New Testament, Baibulu Eba Fai was published in 1977 by World Home Bible League. An alphabet with 9 vowels and 25 consonants is used in epoch.
In 2011, a new alphabet with 10 vowels and 30 consonants was adopted and published.
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