Ijo

noun

ˈē(ˌ)jō

variants or less commonly Ijaw

-jȯ

plural Ijo or Ijos also Ijaw or Ijaws

1

a

: a people of the Niger delta

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Ijo people

3

: a branch of the Niger-Congo language family containing only the Ijo language

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