Ogoni languages

Ogoni
Kegboid
EthnicityOgoni people
Geographic
distribution		SE Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Subdivisions
  • East
  • West
Language codes
Glottologogon1240

The Ogoni languages, or Kegboid languages, are the five languages of the Ogoni people of Rivers State, Nigeria.

They fall into two clusters, East and West, with a limited degree of mutual intelligibility between members of each cluster. The Ogoni think of the cluster members as separate languages, however.

The classification of the Ogoni languages is as follows:

  • East: Khana and Tẹẹ, with around 1,800,000 speakers between them, and Gokana, with about 250,000.
  • West: Eleme, with about 90,000 speakers, and Baan, with around 50,500.