Igba

Idiophone (struck)Metal or Wood DrumMultiple instruments

LanguageNembe

MacrofamilyNiger-Congo

ISO Codeijs

City / RegionBayelsa State, Nembe Local Government Area

CountryNigeria

ContinentAfrica

FamilyIdiophone (struck)

Instrument TypeMetal or Wood Drum

ContentCourtship, Other

ProductivityCan convey all messages

Current StatusOccasionally practiced

Entry AuthorsTunde Ashiru and Elena Oh

Coordinates4.4942, 6.2801

Speech Surrogates

An academic resource for musical surrogate languages — instruments that encode speech.

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