Ijoid is a proposed but undemonstrated group of languages in Nigeria linking the Ijaw languages with the endangered Defaka language; the similarities may instead be due to Ijaw influence on Defaka.
Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language StatusProposed to form a divergent branch of the hypothetical Niger-Congo family on the strength of its subject-object-verb word order and its lack of the Niger-Congo noun-class system; linguists Gerrit Dimmendaal and Tom Guldemann doubt its inclusion in Niger-Congo altogether and consider Ijaw/Ijoid an independent family. 1 Connections
Descends From
Ijoid is generally treated as an early-branching primary division of Niger-Congo, coordinate with Atlantic-Congo and Mande.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ijoid Languages
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Ijoid is a proposed but undemonstrated group of languages in Nigeria linking the Ijaw languages
Introduction, first sentence, region clause
a proposed but undemonstrated group of languages in Nigeria
Introduction, second paragraph, final sentence
Linguists Gerrit Dimmendaal and Tom Güldemann doubt its inclusion in Niger-Congo altogether and consider the Ijaw/Ijoid languages to be an independent family.
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