Mgbo language
| Mgbo | |
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| Mgbolizhia | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ebonyi State, Benue State |
| Ethnicity | Mgbo people |
Native speakers | 190,000 (2012)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gmz |
| Glottolog | mgbo1238 |
The Mgbo language, 'Mgbolizhia', is an Igboid language spoken by the Mgbo people in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ezza, and Ikwo languages though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.
References
[edit]- ^ Mgbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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