Edoid languages

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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

  • Niger-Congo
    • Volta Congo
      • South Volta Congo
        • Benue Congo
          • West Benue Congo
            • Edoid

Internal classification

  • 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
    • 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)
    • 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.

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