Ogoni languages

 ( Cross River Languages ) 

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.

The classification of the Ogoni languages is as follows:

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

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Names and locations Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).

Rivers State, Gokana–Tai–Eleme LGA

Rivers State, Khana/Oyigbo and Gokana–Tai–Eleme LGAs

Rivers State, Gokana–Tai–Eleme LGA

Rivers State, Tèẹ̀ ̣Local Government Area (TALGA)

Rivers State, Gokana–Tai–Eleme LGA, Ban–Ogoi plus villages

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See also

• (Wiktionary)

• Blench, Roger and Kay Williamson. 2008. The Ogoni languages: comparative word list and historical reconstructions.

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