Izon > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Izon
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ijo (Kolokuma); Ijo; Izo; Uzo; Ijaw; Central-Western Ijo; Ịzọn; Ịjọ
Spoken in:
Nigeria
Number of speakers:
1,000,000 (Williamson 1989). 100,000 Kolokuma (1991 UBS). 1,770,000 all Ijo languages
(Ethnologue)
Code:
ijc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
West Ijo; West Ịjọ (kvnt)
Child Dialects:
Arogbo (ijc-aro)
Kabo; Kabowei (ijc-kab)
Basan; Bassan (ijc-bas)
Koluama (ijc-kol)
Bumo; Boma (ijc-bum)
Apoi (ijc-apo)
Oporomo; Oporoma (ijc-opo)
Operemo (ijc-ope)
Oyiakiri (ijc-oyi)
Egbema (ijc-egb)
East Tarakiri (ijc-eat)
Gbarain (ijc-gba)
Ekpetiama (ijc-ekp)
Kumbo; Kumbowei (ijc-kum)
Ogboin (ijc-ogn)
Tuomo (ijc-tuo)
West Tarakiri (ijc-wet)
Ogbe Ijo (ijc-ogb)
East Olodiama (ijc-eas)
Mein (ijc-mei)
Ogulagha (ijc-ogu)
Furupagha (ijc-fur)
Oporoza; Gbaranmatu (ijc-opa)
Iduwini (ijc-idu)
Ikibiri (ijc-iki)
Kolokuma-Opokuma (ijc-koo)
West Olodiama (ijc-wes)

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