Ethnicity Ogoni people Subdivisions East
West | Geographic
distribution SE Nigeria Glottolog ogon1240 | |
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Cross River
Ogoni | ||
The Ogoni languages, or Kegboid languages, are the five languages of the Ogoni people of Rivers State, Nigeria.
They fall into two clusters, with a limited degree of mutual intelligibility between members of each cluster. However, the Ogoni think of them as separate languages.
The Eastern languages are Khana and Tẹẹ, with about half a million or so speakers, and Gokana, with about half that number. The Western languages are Eleme, with about 70,000 speakers, and Baan, with about a quarter that number.
References
Ogoni languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA