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Igbo language

LC control no.sh 85064203
LC classificationPL8261
Topical headingIgbo language
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Variant(s)Ibo language
See alsoBenue-Congo languages
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Kwa languages
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Nigeria--Languages
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Found inNiger-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)