Ogbami languages

The Ogbami languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America. Most speakers of an Ogbami language live, or are members of, the Sleeping Bull Confederacy: Indeed, the Sleeping Bull Nations of Chub, Gnu and Ma-Nocju all speak at least one Ogbami language(Chub, Gnu and Aoyého' respectively). Contrary to popular belief, the Tumachic languages, though influenced by many Ogbami languages, are not a member of the family itself.

The languages, though very varied, can usually be recognised by the signature nasal-plosive diphthongs, or *NC as it is often referred to for short. *NCs can be found in almost all Ogbami languages, and the sole exception, the extinct Owhenda language, used variations of *VNC(vowel-nasal-plosive) and *NVC(nasal-vowel-plosive)

History

The classification of the Ogbami languages have always been controversial. Critics have always noted the wide variety of phonology and morphology among the Ogbami languages,