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.
| Mboi | |
|---|---|
| Gena | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (19,000 cited 1992)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | moi |
| Glottolog | mboi1246 |
Blench (2019) lists Gana, Banga, and Haanda as language varieties that are part of the Mboi cluster.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mboi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)