Ebira language

Ebira
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kogi state, Kwara state, Nassarawa state, Edo state
Ethnicity	Ebira
Native speakers	unknown (1 million cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Ebira–Gade Ebira
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`igb`
Glottolog	`ebir1243`^[2]

Ebira (Egbira) is a Nupoid language spoken by over a million people in the Kogi State, Nigeria.

References

↑ Ebira at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ebira". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Volta–Niger languages

Ayere-Ahan	Ayere Ahan

Gbe	Aja Alada Ayizo Ewe Fon Gbesi Gen Tɔli Tofin Pherá Phla Saxwe

Igboid	Ekpeye Ezza Igbo Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Izii Mgbo Ogba

Yoruboid	Ede Igala Itsekiri Yoruba

Nupoid	Asu Dibo Ebira Gade Gupa-Abawa Gwari Kakanda Kami Kupa Nupe

Idomoid	Agatu Alago Etulo Idoma Igede Yace Yala

Others	Akpes Akoko Oko

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