Mboi language

Mboi
Mboi
Gena
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	(19,000 cited 1992)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Bambukic Yungur Mboi; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gəna (Mboi); Banga; Handa;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	moi
Glottolog	mboi1246

Mboi (Mboire, Mboyi) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Its name is that of one of its dialects, the other two being Banga and Handa. These are rather divergent, Blench (2004) considers them to be distinct languages.

NativetoNigeria

RegionAdamawa State

Native speakers

(19,000 cited 1992)^[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Bambukic
  - Yungur
    - Mboi

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Blench (2019) lists Gana, Banga, and Haanda as language varieties that are part of the Mboi cluster.^[2]

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