Defoid languages

Defoid
Defoid
Geographic; distribution	Benue-Congo Defoid;
Proto-language	Proto-Defoid
Subdivisions	Yoruboid; Akoko; Ayere-Ahan;
Glottolog	defo1239

The Defoid languages are a proposed branch of the

Ilé Ifè as their place of origin: "Defoid" comes from èdè ('language') + ifè (Ife) + -oid. It was first proposed by Capo (1989),^[2] but evidence for it is still regarded as insufficient by Güldemann (2018).^[3]

The Defoid language group consists of three branches,

Yoruboid, Akoko and Ayere-Ahan

.

References

ISBN 9783961100989
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^ Capo, H. B. C. (1989). "Defoid". In Bendor-Samuel, J. (ed.). The Niger-Congo Languages: A classification and description of Africa's largest language family. Lanham: University Press of America. pp. 275–290.

ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9
. Capo's (1989a) claim about a larger Defoid family including [Yoruboid,] Owon-Arigidi and Ayere-Ahan remains doubtful because of the insufficient empirical support provided for this hypothesis (p. 168).

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[1] ISBN 9783961100989
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[2] Capo, H. B. C. (1989). "Defoid". In Bendor-Samuel, J. (ed.). The Niger-Congo Languages: A classification and description of Africa's largest language family. Lanham: University Press of America. pp. 275–290.

[3] ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9
. Capo's (1989a) claim about a larger Defoid family including [Yoruboid,] Owon-Arigidi and Ayere-Ahan remains doubtful because of the insufficient empirical support provided for this hypothesis (p. 168).

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Defoid
Geographic distribution	Benue-Congo Defoid
Proto-language	Proto-Defoid^[1]
Subdivisions	Yoruboid Akoko Ayere-Ahan
Glottolog	`defo1239`