Edekiri languages

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Edekiri
Geographic
distribution
Togo, Benin and Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Subdivisions
Glottologedek1238

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

  • the
    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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