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.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionSoutheastern Nigeria and adjacent regions of Cameroon 2 Proto-Language StatusProto-Ekoid reconstructed (Watters 1981) 2 Compare
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1. Glottolog: Ekoid (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 8
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Ekoid languages
Lead section
The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages 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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Proto-Ekoid is reconstructed with the following vowels and tones: */i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; high, low, rising, falling, and downstep
View the SourceWikidata: Ekoid languages
Wikidata Q1323395, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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