URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064203
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85064203#concept
Variants
- Ibo language
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Ibo language
Sources
- found: Niger-Congo languages, 1991:p. 21ff (languages such as Yoruba, Edo, Nupe, Idoma, and Igbo, which have for long been classified as Kwa, are now classified as Benue-Congo)
- found: Ethnologue:p. 336 (Igbo (var. Ibo)--Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Igboid, Igbo)
- found: Ruhlen world lang.:pp. 95, 97, 99 (Igbo ... a Kwa language; work by Welmers, Kay Williamson, and others has confirmed Greenberg's suspicion that Kwa and Benue-Congo are not in fact distinct subgroups)
LC Classification
- PL8261
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1996-06-17: revised
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