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Edekiri languages

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Subdivisions:
  
Ede Itsekiri Yoruba

Glottolog:
  
edek1238

Geographic distribution:
  
Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Edekiri

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

  • the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife;
  • Itsekiri (Nigeria, 2,500,000 speakers); and
  • the Yoruba languages Ulukwumi, Mokole, and Yoruba, by far the largest of the cluster with about 20 million speakers.

    • References

    Edekiri languages Wikipedia
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