Yewa dialect of Yoruba

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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.

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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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Yewa usesLanguageVariety Yewa dialect of Yoruba