Region Ebonyi State, Nigeria Native speakers 190,000 (2012) Glottolog mgbo1238 | Ethnicity Mgbo people ISO 639-3 gmz | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Volta–Niger
yeai
Igboid
Igbo
Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo
Mgbo | ||
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 language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA