Ijo languages

Ijo languages

Infobox Language family
name=Ijo
region=Southern Nigeria
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Ijoid
children=Encompasses a total of 9 languages.
iso2=ijo

Ijo is a group of languages spoken in southern Nigeria, by the Ijo people.

See Ijoid languages for details.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90847 Ijo on the Ethnologue]


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