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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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