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Yoruboid is a
language family composed of the
Igala group of
dialects spoken in
south central, and the
Edekiri group spoken in a band
across Togo, Ghana...
- Proto-
Yoruboid is the
reconstructed common ancestor of the
Yoruboid languages, a
subgroup of the Volta-Niger languages. It was
likely spoken in what is...
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ethnic group who
mainly inhabit Nigeria's
Niger Delta area. They
speak a
Yoruboid language and can be
found in Ondo, Edo and
Delta State. The
Itsekiris presently...
- Güldemann (2018). The
Defoid language group consists of
three branches,
Yoruboid,
Akoko and Ayere-Ahan. Pozdniakov,
Konstantin (31
August 2018). The numeral...
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centuries to
represent the
ancient rights bestowed from Ife to
various Yoruba,
Yoruboid, and
neighbouring groups,
including the Fon, Ga, and
Benin Kingdom. Veneration...
- speakers); the
Yoruboid languages Ulukwumi and Mokole; Yoruba, by far the
largest of the
cluster with
about 55
million speakers.
Yoruboid languages v t...
- occurring. Proto-
Yoruboid *sì →
Igala hì, Proto-Edekiri *sè → Owe hè,
Olukumi hè,
Ikale hè "to cook" (vs.
Standard Yoruba sè) Proto-
Yoruboid *è-so → Igala...
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taken new
forms that do not
depend on
vernacular fluency. As the prin****l
Yoruboid language,
Yoruba is most
closely related to
these languages Itsekiri (spoken...
- of
languages for each
branch in parentheses):[according to whom?] The
Yoruboid languages and
Akoko were once
linked as the
Defoid branch, but more recently...
- The
Itsekiri language is a
major branch of the
Yoruboid group of languages,
which as a group, is a key
member of the Volta–Niger sub-family of the Niger–Congo...
