Gbo language

Gbo
Legbo
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State, Ebonyi State
Ethnicity	Agbo
Native speakers	unknown (60,000 cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central East–West Mbembe–Legbo Gbo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`agb`
Glottolog	`legb1242`^[2]

People	Agbo
Language	Legbo

The Gbo language, known as Legbo or after the people as Agbo, is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria.

References

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

Cross River languages

Central Delta

Ogoni languages

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe

East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha

Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Odut Ukpet-Ehom

Lower Cross River

Ibibio-Efik	Annang Efik Eket Ibeno Ibibio

Others	Ebughu Enwang-Uda Ibino Iko Ilue Obolo Okobo Oro Usaghade

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