Concept information
Preferred term
egoEggon
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Eggon (also Egon, Ero, Mo Egon, Hill Mada, or Mada Eggon) is one of the Benue–Congo languages spoken in Nigeria. Eggon Taken from the introduction to "A dictionary of Eggon", edited by Roger Blench (in preparation) The Eggon language is spoken by a large number of people in Nassarawa State in Central Nigeria. These represent the modern Local Government Areas of Akwanga, Lafia and Nassarawa-Eggon. The main towns of the Eggon people are Akwanga, Nassarawa-Eggon, Kagbu and Wana. They stretch as far south as Lafia and west of Akwanga as far as the railway line. They are bordered on the north by the Mada and to the south by the Migili and the Doma.
Entry terms
- Eggon language
ISO 639-3 code
- ego
Notation
- ego
In other languages
-
Eggon
German
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ego
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