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.
Edekiri | |
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Geographic distribution | Togo, Benin and Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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Glottolog | edek1238 |
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