Yewa dialect of Yoruba
E1001985
The Yewa dialect of Yoruba is a regional variety of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Yewa people in southwestern Nigeria, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features within the Yoruba dialect continuum.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ variety of Yoruba language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroLanguage | Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredAs | dialect rather than separate language ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Yewa identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Yewa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct lexical features within Yoruba
ⓘ
distinct phonological features within Yoruba ⓘ tonal distinctions similar to other Yoruba dialects ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Defoid languages ⓘ |
| languageCodeStatus | does not have an individual ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
Yoruboid languages ⓘ |
| locatedWithin | Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibilityWith |
Standard Yoruba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Yoruba dialects ⓘ |
| partOf | Yoruba dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | borderland dialect area ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yewa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInSubregion | Yewa area of Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Yoruba language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonalLanguage | true ⓘ |
| usesOrthographyBasedOn | Standard Yoruba orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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