The Ọwọrọ ethnic nationality represents a group of people around the Niger-Benue confluence speaking a Yoruba dialect called Oworo. They are generally classified as part of Northeast Yoruba (NEY) of the Yoruba people.[1]
^Ijagbemi, Bayo (1996). O-okun Yoruba in Yoruba art historiography: History, problems and prospects (Thesis). hdl:10150/278548.[page needed]