Kwa language (approx. 16 million speakers) in southeastern Nigeria. Characteristics: tonal language (with downstep), vowel harmony; serial verb construction, no inflection. Word order SVO. Emenanjo, E.N. 1978. Elements of modern Igbo grammar. Ibadan....

Igbo (also written as Ibo) is a language spoken in Nigeria by around 18 million people (1999 WA), the Igbo, especially in the southeastern region once identified as Biafra. The language was used by John Goldsmith as an example to justify deviating from...