Edekiri languages

Branch of the Yoruboid Languages
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  • Yoruboid
    • Edekiri
Subdivisions
  • Ede
  • Itsekiri
  • Yoruba
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);
  • the Yoruboid languages Ulukwumi and Mokole;
  • Yoruba, by far the largest of the cluster with about 55 million speakers.

See also

  • Yoruboid languages

References


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