Ikwo language

{{Short description|Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state, Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Ikwo

|altname=

|states=Nigeria

|region=Ebonyi State, Cross River State

|ethnicity=Ikwo people

|speakers=260,000

|date=2012

|ref=e18

|script=Latin

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Volta–Niger

|fam5={{sm|yeai}}

|fam6=Igboid

|fam7=Nuclear Igboid

|fam8=Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo

|iso3=iqw

|glotto=ikwo1238

|glottorefname=Ikwo

}}

Ikwo is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ezza, and Mgbo, though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.

References

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{{Volta-Niger languages}}

Category:Igbo language

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