Edekiri_languages

Edekiri
Edekiri
Geographic; distribution	Togo, Benin and Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Edekiri; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Ede; Itsekiri; Yoruba;
Glottolog	edek1238

Edekiri languages

Branch of the Yoruboid Languages

The Edekiri languages are spoken in a band across Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The group includes:

the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife;
Itsekiri (Nigeria, up to 1 million speakers);
the Yoruboid languages Ulukwumi and Mokole;
Yoruba, by far the largest of the cluster with about 55 million speakers.

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Edekiri
Geographic distribution	Togo, Benin and Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Edekiri
Subdivisions	Ede Itsekiri Yoruba
Glottolog	`edek1238`