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Mboi language

Mboi (Mboire, Mboyi) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Its name is that of one of its dialects, the other two being Banga and Handa. These are rather divergent, Blench (2004) considers them to be distinct languages.

Mboi
Gena
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
(19,000 cited 1992)[1]
Dialects
  • Gəna (Mboi)
  • Banga
  • Handa
Language codes
ISO 639-3moi
Glottologmboi1246

Blench (2019) lists Gana, Banga, and Haanda as language varieties that are part of the Mboi cluster.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Mboi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  • Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)


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