Yoruboid languages

E286629
Niger-Congo languages language group

Yoruboid languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southwestern Nigeria and neighboring regions, including Yoruba, Itsekiri, and Igala.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yoruboid languages canonical 9
Yoruba 2
Ekiti Yoruba dialect 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areImportantFor Afro-Brazilian religions ⓘ
Afro-Cuban religions ⓘ
Yoruba religion and culture ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree true ⓘ
areTonal true ⓘ
glottologCode yoru1245 ⓘ
hasMember Akoko languages ⓘ
Akure Yoruba ⓘ
Awori language ⓘ
Egba Oke-Ona ⓘ
surface form: Egba Yoruba

Ekiti Yoruba ⓘ
Ifè language ⓘ
Igala language ⓘ
Igbo-Ora ⓘ
surface form: Igbo-Ora Yoruba

Igbomina Yoruba ⓘ
Ijebu language ⓘ
Ijesha ⓘ
surface form: Ijesha Yoruba

Ijesha language ⓘ
Ikale language ⓘ
Ikare-Akoko language ⓘ
Ilaje language ⓘ
Itsekiri language ⓘ
Ketu Yoruba ⓘ
Lukumi language ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Nago Yoruba

Oko languages ⓘ
surface form: Okun languages

Akure Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Ondo Yoruba

Owe language ⓘ
Ikare-Akoko language ⓘ
surface form: Owo Yoruba

Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Oyo Yoruba

Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Yoruba language
haveBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
haveWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo
partOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo language family
shareLexicalSimilarityWith each other ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Diaspora communities in the Americas ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Ekiti State ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Lagos State ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
North-central Nigeria ⓘ
Ogun State ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
Oyo State ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria

Togo ⓘ
subclassOf Defoid languages ⓘ
Volta–Niger languages ⓘ
surface form: Volta-Niger languages
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages

Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue-Congo languages
useImplosives true ⓘ
useNasalVowels true ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Benue–Congo languages → containsSubfamily → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Itsekiri people → languageFamily → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Itsekiri language
this entity surface form: Yoruba language family
Ekiti → language → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ekiti Yoruba dialect
Ekiti → ethnicLanguageBranch → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Yoruba people → languageFamily → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Anii language → hasNeighborLanguage → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba
Saki → languageSpoken → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba
Defoid languages → hasSubgroup → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Defoid languages → containsMajorLanguage → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoruba language
Akoko languages → neighboringLanguageAreas → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Itsekiri → languageFamily → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Igboid languages → neighboringLanguageFamilies → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Nupoid languages → arealGroupWith → Yoruboid languages ⓘ
Igboid → closelyRelatedTo → Yoruboid languages ⓘ