Bini language

E286632

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 ⓘ