Edekiri languages

Edekiri
Geographic distribution:	Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Edekiri
Subdivisions:	Ede Itsekiri Yoruba
Ethnologue code:	`242-16`

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

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