Ezaa language

Ezaa
Ezza
Region	Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Ethnicity	Ezaa people
Native speakers	1,590,000 (2020 projection) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Volta–Niger yeai Igboid Nuclear Igboid Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo Ezaa
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	eza
Glottolog	ezaa1238

Ezaa (Ezza, Eza) is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ikwo, and Mgbo, though they are only marginally mutually intelligible. Ezaa language consists 2 tonal patterns of speakers the broader Ezza language and the ukawu tone (southern Ezza communities ) only a different of word patterns in pronunciation and intonation. The phonetic alphabet of the Ezza language is 40 in number due to huge tonal features present in it compared to the standardized Igbo with 36 .

References

1. Ezaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)