Oro language

Nsíŋ Oro
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Akwa Ibom State
Native speakers	(75,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Lower Cross Nsíŋ Oro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	orx
Glottolog	oroo1241

Oro (Oron) is a Lower Cross River language of Nigeria. The phonemes of Oron comprise seven oral vowels í, ε, e, a, o, ɔ, u, five plosive consonants b, kp, d, t, k, three nasal consonants m, ŋ, n, three fricative consonants f, s, h, two semi-vowel consonants w, y and one lateral consonant l. The lateral consonant is an unusual feature of Oro and it is not found in most neighbouring varieties.

The Oron language does not possess any affixes or verb forms to express passive actions; 'he is received' becomes 'they receive him'. Finally, it may be noted that the relative order of the simple Oron sentence is subject-verb-object.