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Ekoid languages

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The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon. They have long been associated with the Bantu languages, without their status being precisely defined.

Facts
Region
Southeastern Nigeria and adjacent regions of Cameroon 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Ekoid reconstructed (Watters 1981) 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ekoid languages
  • Lead paragraph
    Ekoid languages are spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon.
  • Reconstruction section
    Proto-Ekoid is reconstructed with the following vowels and tones: */i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; high, low, rising, falling, and downstep.
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