Yoruboid is a language family composed of the Igala group of dialects spoken in south central Nigeria, and the Edekiri languages, subdivided into the Ede group spoken across a band through Togo, Ghana, Benin, and southern Nigeria, and the Itsekiri group of the Warri Kingdom in the northwestern Niger Delta.
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RegionEastern Ghana, Central Togo, Southern, Central & Northern Benin, Western, Southern and Central Nigeria 2 Proto-Language Status Browse and compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Yoruboid (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 14
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Yoruboid languages (Wikipedia)
Infobox: region
Eastern Ghana, Central Togo, Southern, Central & Northern Benin, Western, Southern and Central Nigeria
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Yoruboid language
View the SourceWikidata: Yoruboid languages
Wikidata Q1789745, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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