Ayere–Ahan

E1013563

Ayere–Ahan is a small subgroup of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken in southwestern Nigeria, classified within the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ayere–Ahan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
branchOf Volta–Niger ⓘ
classificationLevel low-level subgroup within Volta–Niger ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
degreeOfRelatedness closely related languages ⓘ
documentationStatus poorly documented ⓘ
endangeredStatus under-documented ⓘ
ethnolinguisticRegion Yorubaland (broad cultural region) ⓘ
linked to: Yorubaland
hasPart Ahan language ⓘ
Ayere language ⓘ
ISO639Status component languages have individual ISO 639-3 codes ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
linguisticTypology SVO word order (subject–verb–object) ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
macroFamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Niger–Congo ⓘ
neighboringLanguageArea Edoid languages ⓘ
Yoruboid languages ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
region Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
relativeSize small subgroup ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
status lesser-known ⓘ
subclassOf Volta–Niger languages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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