Yoruboid languages

Yoruboid
Geographic
distribution
Eastern Ghana, Central Togo, Southern, Central & Northern Benin, Western, Southern and Central Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Early form
Undifferentiated Ede-Igala
Proto-languageProto-Yoruboid language
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologyoru1244

Yoruboid is a language family composed of the Igala group of dialects spoken in south central Nigeria, and the Edekiri group spoken in a band across Togo, Ghana, Benin and southern Nigeria, including the Itsekiri of Warri Kingdom.[1]

  1. ^ "Benue-Congo languages | African Language Family | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.