Igboid languages
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| Igboid | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
South central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Niger River and east, south the Benue |
| Linguistic classification: | Niger–Congo
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Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. It includes Ekpeye and the Igbo languages:
spoken mainly in southern Nigeria. Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igbo languages (Igboid apart from Ekpeye) form a "language cluster" and that they are somewhat mutually intelligible.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Williamson, Kay; Roger M. Blench (2000). African languages: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.
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