Bini language

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Bini language is an Edoid language of southern Nigeria, primarily spoken by the Edo (Bini) people around Benin City.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bini language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Edoid language
language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Esan language
Isoko language
Urhobo language
country Nigeria
glottologCode edoo1238
glottologName Edo
hasAlternativeName Benin language
Bini-Edo
linked to: Edo (Bini)

Edo language
hasDialects rural Edo varieties
urban Edo
hasEthnicGroup Bini people
Edo people
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tone language
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrasts
contrastive tone
nasal vowels
oral vowels
hasStandardVariety Benin City variety
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMajorLanguageOf Edo State capital region
iso639-3Code bin
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo
Edoid
Niger–Congo
Volta–Niger
primaryCity Benin City
primaryRegion Edo State
region West Africa
spokenBy Bini people
Edo people
spokenIn Benin City
Nigeria
southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
subclassOf Atlantic–Congo languages
Edo languages
linked to: Edo language

Edoid languages
Niger–Congo languages
Volta–Niger languages
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Edo State
usedIn cultural ceremonies of Edo people
oral literature of Edo people
traditional religion of Edo people

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Edoid languages hasMemberLanguage Bini language
Bini people language Bini language
subject linked to: Bini
Edo language alternativeName Bini language