The Defoid languages are a proposed branch of the Benue-Congo language family. The name of the group derives from the fact that nearly all of the ethnic groups who speak member languages refer to the city of Ile Ife as their place of origin, combining ede (language) and Ife. It was first proposed by Capo in 1989, but evidence for it is still regarded as insufficient by Guldemann as of 2018.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionNigeria, Benin, and Togo 2 Proto-Language Status Compare
Number of Languages Connections
Descends From
Why this is disputed. Defoid (Yoruboid, including Yoruba) is classified within Benue-Congo in current schemes, though the precise placement of the intermediate Volta-Niger grouping is not yet represented as its own entity in this atlas.
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Defoid (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 17
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Defoid languages - Wikipedia
Infobox, Geographic distribution field
Nigeria, Benin, and Togo
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Defoid
View the SourceWikidata: Defoid languages
Wikidata Q1182733, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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