Idomoid languages

The idomoiden languages (or Idomoid ) form a subunit of the West Benue Congo , a branch of the Benue-Congo , which in turn for speech of the family Niger-Congo belong.

The ten or so idomoid languages ​​are - apart from Ekpari and Akpa - closely related to Idoma ; they are spoken by about a million people in southern Nigeria .

Position of the idomoids within the Niger-Congo

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

Internal classification

• Idomoid
  • Idoma-Eloyi
    • Idoma-Etulo
      • Idoma
        • Idoma (600 thousand)
        • Igede (250 thousand)
        • Agatu ( 70k )
        • Alago ( 35k )
        • Yala (50k)
      • Etulo
        • Etulo (10 thousand)
    • Eloyi
      • Eloyi (25k)
  • Yatye-Akpa
    • Akpa (5k)
    • Ekpari (Yatye, Yace) (10k)

See also

• West Benue Congo

literature

• 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: Robert G. Armstrong: Idomoid.
• Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse (eds.): African Languages. An Introduction. Cambridge University Press 2000.
  In it: Kay Williamson and Roger Blench: Niger-Congo.

Web links

• Ernst Kausen, The Classification of the Benue-Congo Languages ​​within the Niger-Congo. (DOC; 232 kB)