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Igala language
| Igala | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Igala |
Native speakers | 1.6 million (2020)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | igl |
| Glottolog | igal1242 |
Igala is a Yoruboid language, spoken by the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria. In 1989 an estimated 800,000 spoke Igala, primarily in Kogi State, though current estimates place the number of Igala speakers at upwards of 1.6 million. Dialects include Ibaji, Idah, Dekina, Ogugu, Ankpa, Ebu, and the Olumbanasaa group (Anambra West); it is believed that these languages share some similarities with the Yoruba and Itsekiri languages.[2]
Igala, living on the left bank of the Niger River below its junction with the Benue River. Their language belongs to the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo family. Their ruler, the Àtá, traditionally also governed two other groups, the Bassa Nge and the Bass Nkome, who live between the Igala and the Benue River.[3]
- ^ Igala at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Dunmade, Oluwatumininu (22 April 2022). "The Igala people: Their origin, food and dressing". Pulse NG. Pulse Africa.
- ^ "Igala". Encyclopedia Brittanica. 22 August 2019.
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