Akpes language

Akpes
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ondo State
Native speakers	10,000 (1992)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Akpes
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ibe`
Glottolog	`akpe1248`^[2]

Akpes is a dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria that forms a branch of the Volta–Niger languages. It may be closest to the Edoid languages.^[2]

References

↑ Akpes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
1 2 Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Akpes". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Akpes basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

Volta–Niger languages

Ayere-Ahan	Ayere Ahan

Gbe	Aja Alada Ayizo Ewe Fon Gbesi Gen Tɔli Tofin Pherá Phla Saxwe

Igboid	Ekpeye Ezza Igbo Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Izii Mgbo Ogba

Yoruboid	Ede Igala Itsekiri Yoruba

Nupoid	Asu Dibo Ebira Gade Gupa-Abawa Gwari Kakanda Kami Kupa Nupe

Idomoid	Agatu Alago Etulo Idoma Igede Yace Yala

Others	Akpes Akoko Oko

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