Igboid languages

Igboid
Igboid
Geographic; distribution	South central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Niger River and east, south the Benue
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger YEAI Igboid; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Igbo; Ekpeye;
Glottolog	igbo1258

Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. It includes Ekpeye and the Igbo languages:

Ekpeye
Igbo: Igbo proper, Ikwerre, Ika, Izii–Ikwo–Ezza–Mgbo, Ogba, and Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni,

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] However, mutual intelligibility is only marginal, even among the Izii–Ikwo–Ezaa–Mgbo languages.^[2]

References

^ Williamson, Kay; Roger M. Blench (2000). African languages: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.
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[1] Williamson, Kay; Roger M. Blench (2000). African languages: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.

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