LC control no. | sh 85064203 |
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LC classification | PL8261 |
Topical heading | Igbo language |
Variant(s) | Ibo language |
See also | Benue-Congo languages Kwa languages Nigeria--Languages |
Found in | Niger-Congo languages, 1991: p. 21ff (languages such as Yoruba, Edo, Nupe, Idoma, and Igbo, which have for long been classified as Kwa, are now classified as Benue-Congo) Ethnologue: p. 336 (Igbo (var. Ibo)--Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Igboid, Igbo) Ruhlen world lang.: pp. 95, 97, 99 (Igbo ... a Kwa language; work by Welmers, Kay Williamson, and others has confirmed Greenberg's suspicion that Kwa and Benue-Congo are not in fact distinct subgroups) |