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AerophoneWood or Plastic FluteMultiple instruments

LanguageNembe

MacrofamilyNiger-Congo

ISO Codeijs

City / RegionBayelsa State, Nembe Local Government Area

CountryNigeria

ContinentAfrica

FamilyAerophone

Instrument TypeWood or Plastic Flute

ContentCourtship, Poetics / proverbs, Other

ProductivityCan convey all messages

Current StatusStill 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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