Izon language

Izon (Ịzọn), also known as (Central–Western) Ijo, Ijaw, Izo, and Uzo, is the dominant Ijaw language, spoken by a majority of the Ijaw people of Nigeria.

There are over two dozen dialects, all mutually intelligible, of which the most important are Gbanran, Ekpetiama and Kolokuma. Kolokuma is the language of education.

See also

• Eastern Apoi tribe and Western Apoi tribe
• Arogbo tribe
• Bassan tribe
• Boma tribe
• Egbema tribe
• Ekpetiama tribe
• Furupagha tribe
• Gbaran tribe
• Iduwini tribe
• Kabo tribe
• Kolokuma tribe
• Kumbo tribe
• Mein tribe
• Ogbe tribe

Bibliography

• Williamson, Kay, and A. O. Timitimi (edd.). 1983. Short Ịzọn–English dictionary. (Delta Series No. 3) Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press.
• Williamson, Kay. 1965 (2nd ed. 1969). A grammar of the Kolokuma dialect of Ịjọ. (West African Language Monographs, 2.) London: C.U.P.
• Williamson, Kay. 1975. Metre in Ịzọn funeral dirges. Òdùmá 2:2.21–33.
• Williamson, Kay. 1991. "The tense system of Ịzọn." In: The tense systems of Nigerian languages and English. Edited by Okon E. Essien. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP) 27.145–167.
• Williamson, Kay. 2004. "The language situation in the Niger Delta." Chapter 2 in: The development of Ịzọn language, edited by Martha L. Akpana, 9–13.

External links

• Lewis, M. Paul, ed (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/.