Edoid languages
The Edoid languages (or the Edoid ) form a sub-unit of the West Benue Congo , a branch of the Benue Congo languages which in turn belong to the Niger Congo .
The approximately 25 edoid languages are relatively closely related to the eponymous Edo ( Bini ); they are spoken by about three million people in central and southern Nigeria .
Location of the Edoid within the Niger-Congo
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Niger-Congo
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Volta Congo
- South Volta Congo
- Benue Congo
- West Benue Congo
- Edoid
- West Benue Congo
- Benue Congo
- South Volta Congo
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Volta Congo
Internal classification
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Edoid
- Delta : Engenni (20 thousand), Epie (12 thousand), Degema (10 thousand)
- Southwest : Urhobo (550 thousand), Isoko (320 thousand), Okpe (10 thousand), Uvbie (5 thousand), Eruwa
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North-Central
- Edo-Esan-Ora: Edo (Bini) (1 million), Esan (200 thousand), Emai-Iuleha-Ora (100 thousand)
- Yekhee-Ghotuo: Yekhee (275 thousand), Ghotuo (10 thousand), Uneme (5 thousand), Ivbie-Okpela-Arhe (20 thousand),
Ikpeshi (2 thousand), Ososo (5 thousand), Sasaru-Enwan-Igwe (4k)
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northwest
- Osse: Iyayu (10 thousand), Uhami (5 thousand), Ukue (6 thousand), Ehueun (5 thousand)
- Okpamheri: Okpamheri (30 thousand), Okpe-Idesa-Akuku, Oloma
- Aduge: Aduge (2 thousand)
literature
- Bernd Heine , Derek Nurse (Ed.): African Languages. An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-66178-1 . Inside: Kay Williamson and Roger Blench: Niger-Congo.
- John Bendor-Samuel (Ed.): The Niger-Congo Languages: A Classification and Description of Africa's Largest Language Family. University Press of America, Lanham, New York, London 1989.
Therein: Ben Ohi Elugbe: Edoid.