Akure dialect of Yoruba

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The Akure dialect of Yoruba is a regional variety of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Akure people in and around the city of Akure in southwestern Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Akure dialect of Yoruba canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
associatedWithCity Akure ⓘ
associatedWithStateCapital Akure, capital of Ondo State ⓘ
belongsToCulturalRegion Yorubaland ⓘ
belongsToCulturalSubregion Ondo-speaking area of Yorubaland ⓘ
belongsToEthnicGroup Akure people ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ondo dialect of Yoruba ⓘ
Owo dialect of Yoruba ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Akure Yoruba ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Standard Yoruba ⓘ
other Ondo State Yoruba dialects ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal phonology ⓘ
vowel harmony similar to other Yoruba dialects ⓘ
hasStatus regional spoken variety ⓘ
hasSVOOrder subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ
isSpokenAsFirstLanguageBy many residents of Akure metropolis ⓘ
isSpokenAsHomeLanguage Akure households ⓘ
isSpokenNativelyBy indigenous inhabitants of Akure ⓘ
isVarietyOf Yoruba macrolanguage ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba
languageBranch Defoid languages ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch Yoruboid languages ⓘ
partOf Yoruba language ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba
region Akure rural environs ⓘ
Akure urban area ⓘ
linked to: Akure
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith Ikale dialect of Yoruba ⓘ
Ondo dialect of Yoruba ⓘ
Standard Yoruba ⓘ
sharesOrthographyWith Standard Yoruba ⓘ
spokenBy Akure people ⓘ
spokenIn Akure ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn Akure chieftaincy rituals ⓘ
Akure praise poetry ⓘ
Akure traditional songs ⓘ
usesNasalVowels yes ⓘ
usesToneForLexicalContrast yes ⓘ
usesToneMarks Yoruba tone marks ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Akure people → dialect → Akure dialect of Yoruba ⓘ