Igboid languages

Igboid
Geographic
distribution
South central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Niger River and east, south of the Benue
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Proto-languageProto-Igboid
Glottologigbo1258

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]

  1. ^ Williamson, Kay; Roger M. Blench (2000). African languages: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). sil.org. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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