Mboi language explained

Mboi
Nativename:Gena
States:Nigeria
Region:Adamawa State
Speakers:19,000
Date:1992
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Bambukic
Fam4:Yungur
Dia1:Gəna (Mboi)
Dia2:Banga
Dia3:Handa
Iso3:moi
Glotto:mboi1246
Glottorefname:Mboi

Mboi (Mboire, Mboyi) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Its name is that of one of its dialects, the other two being Banga and Handa. These are rather divergent, Blench (2004) considers them to be distinct languages.

Blench (2019) lists Gana, Banga, and Haanda as language varieties that are part of the Mboi cluster.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.