Edekiri languages
| Edekiri | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | edek1238[1] |
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.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Edekiri". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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