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Esan | |
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Ishan | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Ethnicity | Esan people |
Native speakers | 1,000,000 (2022)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ish |
Glottolog | esan1238 |
Esan is a tonal Edoid language of Nigeria. Dictionaries and grammar texts of the Esan language are being produced. There are many dialects, including Ogwa, Ẹkpoma (Ekuma), Ebhossa (okhuesan)
(Ewossa), Ewohimi, Ewu, Ewatto, Ebelle, Igueben, Irrua, Ohordua, Uromi, Uzea, Ubiaja and Ugboha.[2]