Ijo is a group of languages spoken in southern Nigeria, by the Ijo people. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the worlds major language families, and Africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. ... In the classification of African languages, Atlantic-Congo is an early branch of the Niger-Congo phylum. ... The Ijoid languages are spoken by the Ijaw (Izon, Ijo) and the Defaka (Afakani) in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, totalling about 1. ... IJO in his favourite mood on Karlskronos square, Klaipeda IJO (born Audrius Vaitiekūnas April 17, 1983, Klaipeda, Lithuania), is an independent Lithuanian musician, songwriter. ...
It consists of a language cluster, Ijo (Ijaw), comprising seven other language clusters with a total of approximately two million speakers, and Defaka (Afakani), a solitary language spoken by very few.
All these languages are found in the relatively narrow coastal Niger River delta region of Nigeria.
The Slavic languages are most closely related to the languages of the Baltic group (Lithuanian, Latvian, and the now-extinct Old Prussian), but they share certain linguistic innovations with the other eastern Indo-European...
Ijo are best known for their extensive production and alteration of cloth.
Ijo traditional religion centers around water spirits who inhabit the numerous rivers and swamps of the area.
Funeral ceremonies among the Ijo are often quite dramatic, with greater attention afforded to members of the community who have reached a combination of advanced age and high prestige.
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