| Ogba | |
| Region: | Rivers, Delta and Imo States, Nigeria |
| Speakers: | 334,000 |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Volta–Niger |
| Fam6: | Igboid |
| Fam7: | Nuclear Igboid |
| Iso3: | ogc |
| Glotto: | ogba1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Ogbah |
Ogba (also Olu Ogba, mobu onu Ogbah) is an Igboid language spoken by Ogba people of Nigeria mostly in River State. They are part of the Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area in Rivers State.[1] [2] The king is referred to as the 'Oba' just as the Benin's refer to theirs. Annually they celebrate the 'Egwu ogba' festival. The largest festival in the Egi land.
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