Igala language

Igala
Native to	Nigeria
Native speakers	unknown (800,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Igala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	igl
Glottolog	igal1242[2]

Igala is a language of the Yoruboid branch of the Volta–Niger language family, spoken by the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria. In 1989, an estimated 800,000 spoke Igala, primarily in Kogi State, Delta State and Edo State. Dialects include Ebu, Idah, Ankpa, Dekina, Ogugu, Ibaji, Ife. The Agatu, Idoma, and Bassa people use Igala for primary school. Igala is related to Yoruba. The Igala language as well as Igala culture and tradition has influenced other languages and cultures around the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers

References

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