Edekiri languages

Edekiri
Geographic distribution:	Togo, Benin and south-western Nigeria
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Edekiri
Subdivisions:	Ede Itsekiri Yoruba
Glottolog:	`edek1238`^[1]

The Edekiri languages are spoken in a band across Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The group includes:

the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife;
Itsekiri (Nigeria, 500,000 speakers); and
the Yoruba languages Ulukwumi, Mokole, and Yoruba, by far the largest of the cluster with about 20 million speakers.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Edekiri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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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