Ijoid family
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The Ijoid family is a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ijoid family canonical | 2 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger-Congo language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Niger Delta
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria
|
| hasAlternativeName | Ijoid languages ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
closely related member languages
ⓘ
small language family ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bille
ⓘ
Defaka ⓘ Ibani ⓘ Kalabari people ⓘ
surface form:
Kalabari
Kolokuma ⓘ Nembe ⓘ Okrika ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | includes endangered languages ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Defaka
ⓘ
Ijo–Defaka ⓘ
surface form:
Ijo
|
| hasNotableFeature |
important for reconstruction of Niger Delta prehistory
ⓘ
sometimes treated as an early-branching Niger-Congo subgroup ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
comparative Niger-Congo studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Eastern Ijaw
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Ijo
Western Ijo ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern Ijo
Nembe-Ijo ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Ijo
Western Ijo ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script for major Ijo languages ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo language phylum
|
| isSpokenIn |
Niger Delta
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ southern Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
|
| typologicalFeature |
often analyzed as having SOV word order tendencies
ⓘ
shows some atypical features within Niger-Congo ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Defaka people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ijaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.