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Yoruboid languages

African Language Families

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.

Facts
Region
Eastern Ghana, Central Togo, Southern, Central & Northern Benin, Western, Southern and Central Nigeria 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Yoruboid 1
Sources
1. Yoruboid languages (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, Geographic distribution
    Eastern Ghana, Central Togo, Southern, Central & Northern Benin, Western, Southern and Central Nigeria
  • Infobox, Proto-language
    Proto-Yoruboid language
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