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Eloyi language

Eloyi language

Plateau language of Nigeria

Eloyi, or Afu (Afo), is a Plateau language of uncertain classification. It is spoken by the Eloyi people of Agatu LGA and Otukpo LGA of Benue State and Nassarawa State in Nigeria.

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Classification

Armstrong (1955, 1983) classified Eloyi as Idomoid, but that identification was based on a single word list and Armstrong later expressed doubts. All other preliminary accounts classify it as Plateau, and Blench (2008) leaves it as a separate branch of Plateau.

Blench (2007)[2] considers Eloyi to be a divergent Plateau language that has undergone Idomoid influence, rather than vice versa.

References

  1. [1]
    Eloyi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger. 2007. The Eloyi language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.


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