Edekiri languages

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Edekiri
Geographic
distribution
Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Subdivisions
Glottologedek1238

The Edekiri languages are spoken in a band across Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The group includes:

  • the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife;
  • Itsekiri (Nigeria, up to 1 million speakers); and
  • the Yoruba languages Ulukwumi, Mokole, and Yoruba, by far the largest of the cluster with about 25-35 million speakers.

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