The Edoid languages are a few dozen languages spoken in southern Nigeria, predominantly in Edo and Delta states, with smaller Edoid-speaking communities in Ondo, Bayelsa and Rivers states. The term derives from the group's most widely spoken member, Edo, and Edoid languages collectively have approximately 10 million primary and secondary speakers.
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RegionSouth-central Nigeria, west of the Niger River 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language Status Connections
Descends From
Edoid is a branch of Benue-Congo spoken in southern Nigeria, named for Edo.
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1. Edoid languages - Wikipedia
Infobox: region
South-central Nigeria, west of the Niger River, south of the confluence of the Benue
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Edoid languages collectively have approximately 10 million primary and secondary speakers.
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Proto-Edoid is reconstructed as having a contrast between oral and nasal consonants and oral and nasal vowels typical for the region.
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Wikidata Q1287469, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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