Edoid

E934602

Edoid is a subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Edoid canonical 10
North-Central Edoid 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family branch ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
geographicDistribution Delta State ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Niger Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Niger Delta

Rivers State ⓘ
hasGlottocode edoi1241 ⓘ
hasISOClassification Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Volta-Congo > Benue-Congo > Edoid ⓘ
hasMember Aoma language ⓘ
Degema language ⓘ
Delta Edoid languages ⓘ
Edo language ⓘ
Emai-Iuleha-Ora language ⓘ
Engenni language ⓘ
Epie language ⓘ
Esan language ⓘ
Ghotuo language ⓘ
Igue language ⓘ
Ihievbe language ⓘ
Ikhin language ⓘ
Isoko language ⓘ
Iyekhee language ⓘ
linked to: Yekhee language

North-Central Edoid languages ⓘ
linked to: Edoid languages

Northwestern Edoid languages ⓘ
Okpamheri language ⓘ
Southwestern Edoid languages ⓘ
Ukaan language ⓘ
Ukpe-Bayobiri language ⓘ
linked to: Okpamheri language

Uneme language ⓘ
Urhobo language ⓘ
Yekhee language ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Edoid ⓘ
linked to: Edoid languages
isSubjectOf comparative-historical studies ⓘ
languageBranchOf Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linguisticResearchField African linguistics ⓘ
primaryCountry Nigeria ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith Igboid ⓘ
Yoruboid ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn southern Nigeria ⓘ
subgroupOf Atlantic-Congo languages ⓘ
Benue-Congo languages ⓘ
Niger-Congo language family ⓘ
typologicalFeature noun class remnants ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
usedBy Edoid-speaking ethnic groups ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Urhobo language → subfamily → Edoid ⓘ
Ogbia language → subfamily → Edoid ⓘ
edoi1259 → designates → Edoid ⓘ
Isoko language → subfamily → Edoid ⓘ
Esan language → subfamily → Edoid ⓘ
Esan language → subfamily → North-Central Edoid ⓘ
linked to: Edoid
Sasaru language → branch → Edoid ⓘ