Ijo

1. Classification / Classification

Ijo represents a "language cluster" within Kwa.... More recent treatments (Bennett and Sterk 1977) suggest that the Ijoid languages are not part of the Benue-Congo group but are more distantly related. (Webbook)

2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique

It is spoken in Bendel and Rivers states, Nigeria. (Webbook)

3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs

4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte

Williamson found four "major dialect clusters" which she felt to be mutually unintelligible; ... She noted that "there is no standard form of Ijo" (personal communication, 1983). (Webbook, with modification)

5. Usage / Utilisation

Ijo is a regional language. (Webbook)

6. Orthography / Orthographe

6.1 Status / Statut

Several of the dialect clusters have standardized orthographies introduced by Williamson; some do not. (Webbook) These are Latin-based alphabets including diacritic characters.

6.2 Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple

Alphabet for eastern Ijo (Okrika) as reported by Hartell (1993) as presented in Systèmes alphabétiques: http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/AfficheTableauOrtho2N.php?choixLangue=ijo+de+l%27est+%28okrika%29

Sample text of southeast Ijo on the "Language Museum" site (NB, this may not be an official orthography): http://www.language-museum.com/i/ijo-southeast.htm

7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC

7.1 Fonts / Polices

7.2 Keyboards / Claviers

a) Keyboard Layouts / Dispositions de clavier

b) Physical Keyboards / Claviers de production

Lancor's "KỌNYIN" keyboard for Windows includes all needed characters for Ijo - http://www.konyin.com/

7.3 Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet

7.4 Localized software / Logiciels localisés

7.5 Language codes / Codes de langue

• ISO 639-1: -
• ISO 639-2: ijo
• ISO/DIS 639-3:

7.6 Other / Autre

8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation

8.1 Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)

8.2 Institutions / Institutions

8.3 On the internet / Sur la toile

9. Comments / Remarques

This page needs more attention - the language/dialect situation is complex.

10. References / Références

Chanard, Christian (2006), Systèmes alphabétiques des langues africaines, LLACAN, CNRS, http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/

Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html (page on "Ijo," http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Ijo_root.html )

Hartell, Rhonda L., ed. (1993), The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and SIL. (The French edition, published the same year, is entitled Alphabets de Langues Africaines).

SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp

U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php

Wikipedia, "Ijoid languages," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijoid_languages

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