Edoid languages

E274580
language family

The Edoid languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria, including the language of the Urhobo people.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Edoid languages canonical 8

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Igboid languages ⓘ
Yoruboid languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution Niger Delta ⓘ
Niger River valley ⓘ
surface form: Niger River basin
hasGlottologCode edoi1259 ⓘ
hasISOClassification none (individual languages have ISO 639-3 codes) ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Okpamheri language ⓘ
surface form: Abureni language

Atissa language ⓘ
Bini language ⓘ
Degema language ⓘ
Edo language ⓘ
Emai-Iuleha-Ora language ⓘ
Engenni language ⓘ
Epie language ⓘ
Eruwa language ⓘ
Esan language ⓘ
Ghotuo language ⓘ
Ikhin language ⓘ
Isoko language ⓘ
Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe language ⓘ
Iyayu language ⓘ
Khana language (Edoid) ⓘ
Ogbia language ⓘ
Okpamheri language ⓘ
Sasaru language ⓘ
Ukpe language ⓘ
Okpamheri language ⓘ
surface form: Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni language

Uneme language ⓘ
Urhobo language ⓘ
Yekhee language ⓘ
linguisticFeature noun class remnants ⓘ
tone ⓘ
verb serialization ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenByEthnicGroup Afemai people ⓘ
Edo people ⓘ
Esan people ⓘ
Isoko people ⓘ
Urhobo people ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
spokenInState Delta State ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn Southern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: southern Nigeria
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Volta–Niger languages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urhobo people → languageSubfamily → Edoid languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → containsSubfamily → Edoid languages ⓘ
Urhobo → languageSubfamily → Edoid languages ⓘ
Akoko languages → neighboringLanguageAreas → Edoid languages ⓘ
Esan → languageFamily → Edoid languages ⓘ
Etsako → languageFamily → Edoid languages ⓘ
Owan → usesLanguageFamily → Edoid languages ⓘ
Isoko people → languageSubfamily → Edoid languages ⓘ