Degema is a member of the Edoid branch of Volta-Niger language family. It is spoken by about 120,000 people in two autonomous communities in Degema Town and Usokun-Degema in the Degema Local Government Area in the centre of Rivers State in southern Nigeria.
Degema is also known as Dẹgẹma. The towns where it is spoken each have their own variety of the language, which are mutually intelligible. Degema is written with the Latin script.
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Eḍégínénye ạ́té rụbọ e-dów mạ́mū ẹnú e-yí jzá-n m'Ạkinima, m'ivóm Egene, m'Éda Ạ́min. Ḅạnú Ạkinima ḅạw ẹ́-kú nyạ́n úsúwénéfiyeṅine utóm ísen nụ́ éwey ẹ́vu kpẹny ẹ-yáw ḍị́-īn. Egbo nụ́ ísen yọ í-tul yọ ẹ-ḍá lóm yọ́kúró-ōn.
Elders say that the people of Degema left Bini in the town of the Ẹdo people and came and settled at Ạkinima in Ẹgene in Rivers State. At Ạkinima, they had a misunderstanding over fish that belonged to them all that only some people ate. Those that did not get a share, left in annoyance.
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327141907_Degema.
Information about Degema
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degema_language
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327141907_Degema
http://128.91.252.143/language/deg
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/deg
Aja, Ayizo, Belanda Viri, Degema, Ebira, Edo, Egene, Ekpeye, Esan, Ewe, Fon, Gen, Gun, Igala, Igbo, Ikwerre, Isoko, Nupe, Ogba, Saxwe, Urhobo, Yorùbá
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 18.03.25. Last modified: 18.03.25
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