Branch of the YEAI Languages
Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family.
Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igboid languages form a "language cluster" that are mutually intelligible.[1] Igboid languages are being spoken by over 40 million people.[2]
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[3]
See also
- List of Proto-Igboid reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
- ^ Williamson, Kay; Roger M. Blench (2000). African languages: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). sil.org. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ Forde, C.D. and G.I. Jones 1950. The Ibo and Ibibio speaking peoples of Southern Nigeria. Ethnographic Survey of Africa. Western Africa part III. International African Institute, London.
- ^ Clark, David J. 1969. A grammatical study of Ekpeye. University of London doctoral dissertation.
- Blench, Roger. 2016. A reconstruction of the phonology of proto-Igboid.
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