 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 200,000+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nassarawa, Plateau | |
| Languages | |
| Eggon Language(native language), Hausa Language(regional language), West African Pidgin English, English (colonial languages) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hausa, Fulani, Doma, Alago, Kanuri, Jukun, Rindre, Eloyi |
The Eggon (pronounced "EH-gone", also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon, sometimes referred to as Mada or Madan Dutse meaning Hill Mada by the Hausa) are an ethnic group mostly based in North Central Nigeria (namely Nassarawa and Plateau state).
Autonyms for singular: abegon single individual; plural: moa ègón people in general.
They are a diverse but culturally homogenous people, numbering around 200,000 or more as of an estimate in 2016.[1] They existed through most of their pre-colonial history as a decentralised and deeply independent society, having their own distinct culture, language and history like most minor societies in the West African Savannah. Their native language is the Eggon Language, which most Eggon People still speak today, they also speak Hausa Language the regional language of Northern/North Central Nigeria, and English after British colonisation.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Situation of the Eggon ethnic group, including treatment by society, armed groups and state authorities (2011-June 2016)". Refworld. Retrieved 2022-07-31.