Ogoni languages
| Ogoni | |
|---|---|
| Kegboid | |
| Ethnicity | Ogoni people |
| Geographic distribution | SE Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | |
| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | ogon1240[1] |
The Ogoni languages, or Kegboid languages, are the five languages of the Ogoni people of Rivers State, Nigeria.
They fall into two clusters, East and West, with a limited degree of mutual intelligibility between members of each cluster. The Ogoni think of the cluster members as separate languages, however.
The classification of the Ogoni languages is as follows:
- East: Khana and Tẹẹ, with around 500,000 speakers between them, and Gokana, with about 130,000.
- West: Eleme, with about 70,000 speakers, and Baan, with around 17,500.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ogonoid". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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