Idomoid languages

Idomoid
Geographic
distribution:
Central Nigeria, lower reaches of the Benue River
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

Subdivisions:
  • Yace
  • Etulo–Idoma
Glottolog: idom1262[1]

The Idomoid languages are spoken in central Nigeria. Idoma itself is an official language spoken by nearly a million people, and Igede by about a quarter million.

Languages

Ethnologue includes Eloyi, though that assignment is outdated. (See Plateau languages.) They also call the non-Yace branch "Akweya" despite the fact that Yace also goes by that name.

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Idomoid". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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