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Idomoid languages

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Subdivisions:
  
YaceEtulo–Idoma

Glottolog:
  
idom1262

Geographicdistribution:
  
Central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Benue River

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoVolta–NigernoiIdomoid

The Idomoid languages are spoken in central Nigeria. Idoma itself is an official language spoken by nearly a million people, and Igede by about a quarter million.

Languages

  • Yace (Akpa)
  • Etulo–Idoma
  • Etulo
  • Idoma: Idoma, Igede, Agatu, Alago, Yala

    • Ethnologue includes Eloyi, though that assignment is outdated. (See Plateau languages.) They also call the non-Yace branch "Akweya" despite the fact that Yace also goes by that name.

    References

    Idomoid languages Wikipedia
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