Mgbo language
| Mgbo | |
|---|---|
| Mgbolizhia | |
| Region | Ebonyi State, Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Mgbo people |
Native speakers | 190,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
gmz |
| Glottolog |
mgbo1238[2] |
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.
References
- ↑ Mgbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mgbo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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