- The
Edoid languages are a few
dozen languages spoken in
Southern Nigeria,
predominantly in the
former Bendel State. The name
Edoid derives from its most...
- The Edo people, also
referred to as the
Benin people, are an
Edoid-speaking
ethnic group. They are
prominently native to
seven southern local government...
- and
Akoko were once
linked as the
Defoid branch, but more
recently they,
Edoid, and
Igboid have been
suggested to be
primary branches of an as-yet unnamed...
- in
Delta State and Ondo
State and in
other parts of Nigeria. Edo is an
Edoid language. This
languages are also
spoken in
Rivers State and
Bayelsa State...
-
Urhobo and Uvwie,
alongside Eruwa and Isoko, make up the five
Southwestern Edoid languages of the Benue-Congo group.
Quoting Johnstone (1993), Ethnologue...
-
Urhobo is a South-Western
Edoid language spoken by the
Urhobo people of
southern Nigeria. It is from the
Delta and
Bayelsa States.
Urhobo has a rather...
-
Ghotuo (also Otwa, Otuo) is a
North Central Edoid language spoken in Edo State,
mostly in the Owan and Akoko-Edo
areas of Edo state, Nigeria.
Ghotuo nouns...
- or Isebe. The
people of
Ihievbe speak the
Ihievbe language, a
dialect of
Edoid as the
native language, and
English as the
common language.
Ihievbe are...
- Esan is a
tonal Edoid language of Nigeria.
Dictionaries and
grammar texts of the Esan
language are
being produced.
There are many dialects, including...
- Okpe is an
Edoid language of
Nigeria spoken by the
Urhobo people. The
sound system is
rather conservative, and
nearly the same as that of Urhobo. The...
