Ebira language

Ebira
Native toNigeria
RegionKogi state, Nassarawa state, FCT, Kwara state, Niger State, Benue state, Edo state, Ondo State
EthnicityEbira
Native speakers
2.2 million (2020)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3igb
Glottologebir1243

Ebira (pronounced as /eh 'bi ra/; with the Central known as Okene[2] It is spoken by around 2 million people in middle belt Nigeria. It is the most divergent language.[2]

  1. ^ Ebira at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Blench2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).