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Ikwo
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ebonyi State, Cross River State
Ethnicity	Ikwo people
Native speakers	260,000 (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Volta–Niger yeai Igboid Nuclear Igboid Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo Ikwo
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	iqw
Glottolog	ikwo1238

Ikwo is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ezza, and Mgbo, though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.