Eggon language

Eggon
Onumu Egon
Native toNigeria
RegionNasarawa, Kaduna, Benue states
Native speakers
270,000 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ego
Glottologeggo1239
Egon[2]
PeopleMo Egon
LanguageOnumu Egon

Eggon (also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon), erroneously referred to as Mada - formerly a Plateau language spoken in central Nigeria. It is one of the major language in Nasarawa State.

  1. ^ Eggon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.