Igboid languages


The largest member of Igboid is Igbo, which is spoken in Abia, Anambra, Enugu Imo, Rivers, Delta, and Akwa Ibom State by about 20 million people.

The following classification of the Igboid languages is taken from Crozier and Blench (1992):

a.
Igbo
Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo
Ika
Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni
Ogbah
Ikwere

b.
Ekpeye
 
 
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Dr. Uwe Seibert

Department of Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
University of Jos
Email address: seibertu@unijos.edu.ng
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