Ezaa (Ezza, Eza) is an
Igboid language
Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. The subgroups are:
*Ekpeye
* Nuclear Igboid: Igbo, Ikwerre, Ika, Ngwa, Izii–Ikwo–Ezza– Mgbo, Ogba and Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni
Williamson and Blench conclude that t ...
spoken in
Ebonyi state
Ebonyi State ( ig, Ȯra Ebonyi) is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by Benue State, Enugu State to the west, Cross River State to the east and s ...
in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
. It forms a
dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated vari ...
with closely related
Izii,
Ikwo
The Ikwo is a subgroup of the Igbo people who live in southeastern Nigeria. The area is rich in mineral resources, and the ancestors of today’s inhabitants developed bronze-casting techniques over a thousand years ago, some found in the town of ...
, and
Mgbo, though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.
References
Igbo language
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