Edekiri languages
Branch of the Yoruboid Languages
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The Edekiri is a group of languages in the Volta-Niger branch of the Niger-Congo family.[1] The Niger-Congo language family, and by extension the Edekiri languages, formed a cohesive linguistic unit as far back as the end of the Upper Paleolithic 11,000 years ago.[citation needed]
| Edekiri | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Togo, Benin and Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Glottolog | edek1238 |
The group includes:
- the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife[2][3]
- Itsekiri[2]
- Lucumi language, which is spoken in Cuba[2]
- the Nago languages[2]
- the Yoruboid languages Ulukwumi and Mokole[2]
- Yoruba, with approximately 40 million speakers in Nigeria and several million more in the diaspora.[citation needed]
