South central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Niger River and east, south the Benue
Linguistic classification
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta-Congo
Volta-Niger
Igboid
Proto-language
Proto-Igboid
Glottolog
igbo1258
Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. The subgroups are:
Ekpeye
Nuclear Igboid: Igbo, Ikwerre, Ika, Izii–Ikwo–Ezza–Mgbo, Ogba, Ishiagu and Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni
Williamson and Blench conclude that the Nuclear Igboid languages (Igboid apart from Ekpeye) form a "language cluster" and that they are somewhat mutually intelligible.[1] However, mutual intelligibility is only marginal, even among the Izii–Ikwo–Ezaa–Mgbo languages. Igboid languages are being spoken by nearly 40 million people.[2]
^Williamson, Kay; Roger M. Blench (2000). African languages: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.
^"ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). sil.org. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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