Ezaa language
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| Ezaa | |
|---|---|
| Ezza | |
| Region | Ebonyi State, Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Ezaa people |
Native speakers | 1,590,000 (2020 projection)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | eza |
| Glottolog | ezaa1238 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Ezaa// <phonos file="LL-Q33578_(ibo)-Celetex-Ezaa.wav"></phonos> (Ezza, Eza) is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ikwo, and Mgbo, though they are only marginally mutually intelligible. Ezaa language consists 2 tonal patterns of speakers the broader Ezza language and the ukawu tone (southern Ezza communities ) only a different of word patterns in pronunciation and intonation. The phonetic alphabet of the Ezza language is 40 in number due to huge tonal features present in it compared to the standardized Igbo with 36 .
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ezaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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