Idoma | Ethnologue

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639: idu
Autonym: Idoma
Population: 976,000 (2020).
Location:: Benue state: Ogbadibo and Okpokwu LGAs; Enugu state: Igbo-Eze North, Isi-Uze, and Udenu LGAs; Kogi state: Ankpa and Olamabolo LGAs.
Language Status: 5* (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in Kogi, Benue, and Enugu states, primary education, radio and TV media.
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Idomoid, Akweya, Etulo-Idoma, Idoma
Dialects: Idoma Central (Akpoto, Otukpo, Oturkpo), Idoma West, Idoma South (Igumale, Igwaale, Ijigbam), Okpogu, Idoma North (Agatu). Dialect subgroup.
Language Use: Adult education.
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Radio. TV. Grammar. Bible: 2014.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Idoma
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 1979.

Location: Benue state: Ogbadibo and Okpokwu LGAs; Enugu state: Igbo-Eze North, Isi-Uze, and Udenu LGAs; Kogi state: Ankpa and Olamabolo LGAs.