Mgbo language

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Mgbo
Mgbolizhia
RegionEbonyi State, Nigeria
EthnicityMgbo people
Native speakers
190,000 (2012)[1]
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Volta–Niger
        • yeai
          • Igboid
            • Nuclear Igboid
              • Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo
                • Mgbo
Language codes
ISO 639-3gmz
Glottologmgbo1238

The Mgbo language, 'Mgbolizhia', is an Igboid language spoken by the Mgbo people in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ezza, and Ikwo languages though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.

References[]

  1. ^ Mgbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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