Akure dialect of Yoruba

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The Akure dialect of Yoruba is a regional variety of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Akure people in and around the city of Akure in southwestern Nigeria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba dialect
regional dialect
associatedWithCity Akure NERFINISHED
associatedWithStateCapital Akure, capital of Ondo State NERFINISHED
belongsToCulturalRegion Yorubaland NERFINISHED
belongsToCulturalSubregion Ondo-speaking area of Yorubaland
belongsToEthnicGroup Akure people NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Ondo dialect of Yoruba
Owo dialect of Yoruba NERFINISHED
country Nigeria
hasAlternativeName Akure Yoruba NERFINISHED
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Standard Yoruba NERFINISHED
other Ondo State Yoruba dialects
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal phonology
vowel harmony similar to other Yoruba dialects
hasStatus regional spoken variety
hasSVOOrder subject–verb–object basic word order
isSpokenAsFirstLanguageBy many residents of Akure metropolis
isSpokenAsHomeLanguage Akure households
isSpokenNativelyBy indigenous inhabitants of Akure
isVarietyOf Yoruba macrolanguage NERFINISHED
languageBranch Defoid languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageSubbranch Yoruboid languages NERFINISHED
partOf Yoruba language NERFINISHED
region Akure rural environs
Akure urban area NERFINISHED
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith Ikale dialect of Yoruba NERFINISHED
Ondo dialect of Yoruba NERFINISHED
Standard Yoruba NERFINISHED
sharesOrthographyWith Standard Yoruba NERFINISHED
spokenBy Akure people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Akure NERFINISHED
Ondo State NERFINISHED
Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED
usedFor everyday communication
folklore
local trade
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
usedIn Akure chieftaincy rituals
Akure praise poetry
Akure traditional songs
usesNasalVowels yes
usesToneForLexicalContrast yes
usesToneMarks Yoruba tone marks
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Akure people dialect Akure dialect of Yoruba