Mgbo language

{{Short description|Igboid language spoken by the Mgbo people in Ebonyi state in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mgbo

|altname=Mgbolizhia

|states=Nigeria

|region=Ebonyi State, Benue State

|ethnicity=Mgbo people

|speakers=190,000

|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=gmz

|glotto=mgbo1238

|glottorefname=Mgbo

}}

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