Igboid languages

{{Short description|Branch of the YEAI Languages}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox language family |name=Igboid |region=South central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Niger River and east, south of the Benue |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Volta-Congo |fam4=Volta-Niger |protoname=Proto-Igboid |child1= |child2= |child3= |glotto=igbo1258 |glottorefname=Igboid }}

'''Igboid language''' constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family.

Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igboid languages form a "language cluster" that are somewhat mutually intelligible.<ref>{{cite book | last=Williamson | first=Kay |author2=Roger M. Blench | title=African languages: an introduction | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2000}}</ref> Igboid languages are spoken by over 40 million people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2012-078.pdf|title=ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code|website=sil.org|date=4 November 2011|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>

==Names and locations== Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" | style="font-size: 85%;" | ! Language !! Cluster !! Dialects !! Alternate spellings !! Own name for language !! Endonym(s) !! Other names (location-based) !! Other names for language !! Exonym(s) !! Speakers !! Location(s) |- | Ịka || || Agbor (standard form) || Ìḳá || || || Agbor || || || || Delta State, Ika and Orhionmwon LGAs |- | Enuani|| || Akwukwu-Igbo, Illah, Ebu, Okpanam, Atuma, Ukala-Okpunor, Ukala-Okwute, Ogbe-Onihe, Asaba, Oko-Amakom, Oko-Anala, Okwe, Igbuzo, Ogwashi-Uku, Ubulu-Uku, Ubulu-Okiti, Ubulu-Unor, Ubulu-Ogume, Ubulu-Isiogogo, Onicha-Olona, Onicha-Ugbo, Onicha-Uku, Idumuje-Unor, Idumuje-Ugboko, Issele-Uku, Issele-Azagba... || Enuani|| || || || || || || Delta State, Oshimili (North/South), Aniocha (North/South) LGAs |- | Ikwere || || Northern dialects: Elele, Apanị, Ọmerelu, Ubima, Isiokpo, Ọmagwa (Ọmegwa), Ipo, Ọmudioga, Ọmuanwa, Igwuruta, Egbeda, Alụu, Ịbaa; Southern dialects: Akpọ–Mgbu–Tolu, Ọbio, Ọgbakiri, Rụmuji, Ndele, Emọhua || Ikwerre || || Ìwhuruò`hnà || || || || 54,600 (1950 F&J);<ref>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.</ref> possibly 200,000 (SIL) || Rivers State, Ikwerre, Emohua, Port Harcourt and Obio–Akpor LGAs |- | | | | | | | | | | | |- | Ogbah || || Egnih (East Ogbah), South Ogbah, West Ogbah || Ogba || || || || || || 22,750 (1950 F&J) || Rivers State, Ahoada LGA |- | Ẹkpẹyẹ || || According to clan names: Ako, Upata, Ubye, Igbuduya || || || || || Ekpeye, Ekpabya (by Abua), Ekkpahia, Ekpaffia || || 20,000 (1953); 50,000 (1969 Clark)<ref>Clark, David J. 1969. A grammatical study of Ekpeye. University of London doctoral dissertation.</ref> || Rivers State, Ahoada LGA |- | '''''Ụkwuanị–Aboh–Ndọnị cluster''''' || Ụkwuanị–Aboh–Ndọnị || || || || || || || || 150,000 (SIL) || Delta State, Ndokwa LGA; Rivers State, Ahoada LGA |- | Ụkwuanị || Ụkwuanị–Aboh–Ndọnị || Utaaba, Emu, Abbi, Obiaruku || Ukwani, Ukwali, Kwale || || || || || || || Delta State, Ndokwa LGA |- | Aboh || Ụkwuanị–Aboh–Ndọnị || || Eboh || || || || || || || Delta State, Ndokwa LGA |- | Ndọnị || Ụkwuanị–Aboh–Ndọnị || || || || || || || || || Rivers State, Ahoada LGA |}

==See also== *List of Proto-Igboid reconstructions (Wiktionary)

==References== {{Reflist}} *Blench, Roger. 2016. [https://www.academia.edu/28471319/A_reconstruction_of_the_phonology_of_proto-Igboid A reconstruction of the phonology of proto-Igboid]. {{CC-notice|cc=by3|url=https://rogerblench.info/}}

Category:Igboid languages Category:Volta–Niger languages