Mgbo language

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

Mgbo
Mgbolizhia
RegionEbonyi State, Nigeria
EthnicityMgbo people
Native speakers
190,000 (2012)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • yeai
        • Igboid
          • Igbo
            • Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo
              • Mgbo
Language codes
ISO 639-3gmz
Glottologmgbo1238[2]

References
  1. Mgbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mgbo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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