Edekiri languages
Edekiri | |
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Geographic distribution | Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | edek1238 |
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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Categories:
- Yoruboid languages
- Volta–Niger language stubs