Ijesha dialect of Yoruba
E1000469
The Ijesha dialect of Yoruba is a regional variety of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Ijesha people in and around Ilesa in southwestern Nigeria, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Ilesa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Ijesha people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Ijeshaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Yoruba macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ekiti dialect of Yoruba
ⓘ
Ife dialect of Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
marker of Ijesha identity
ⓘ
vehicle for Ijesha oral literature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Ijesa dialect of Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Ijesa Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct lexical items compared to Standard Yoruba
ⓘ
distinct phonological features compared to Standard Yoruba ⓘ mutually intelligible to a large extent with other Yoruba dialects ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
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Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Volta–Niger languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoruboid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlapsWith | neighboring Yoruba dialect areas in Osun State ⓘ |
| partOf | Yoruba language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ijesha people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ilesa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | regional dialect without official status ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Yoruba language variety ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication among Ijesha people
ⓘ
local cultural expression ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usesScriptVariant | Yoruba orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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