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The Edoid languages are a few dozen languages spoken in Southern Nigeria, predominantly in the former Bendel State. [1] The name Edoid derives from its most widely spoken member, Edo , the language of Benin City , which has 30 million native and secondary speakers.
The Agbarho dialect is the accepted standard of written Urhobo for all twenty-four kingdoms. The Okpe and Uvwie clans view their languages as distinct languages and not as dialects of Urhobo. However, in their communication with people of other Urhobo clans, they use Urhobo, English or Nigerian Pidgin.
Edo has a rather average consonant inventory for an Edoid language. It maintains only a single phonemic nasal, /m/ , but has 13 oral consonants, /r, l, ʋ, j, w/ and the 8 stops , which have nasal allophones such as [n, ɲ, ŋʷ] , and nasalized allophones [ʋ̃, j̃, w̃] before nasal vowels.
Esan is a tonal Edoid language of Nigeria. Dictionaries and grammar texts of the Esan language are being produced. There are many dialects, including Ogwa, Ẹkpoma (Ekuma), Ebhossa (okhuesan) (Ewossa), Ewohimi, Ewu, Ewatto, Ebelle, Igueben, Irrua, Ohordua, Uromi, Uzea, Ubiaja and Ugboha. [2]
Okpela is a dialect cluster of Edoid languages in Nigeria. References This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 19:44 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Edoid languages Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. L. Edo literature (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Edoid languages"
Afenmai (Afemai), Yekhee, or Iyekhe, is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State, Nigeria by Afenmai people. Not all speakers recognize the name Yekhee ; some use the district name Etsako . Previously the name used by British colonial administration was Kukuruku , supposedly after a battle cry "ku-ku-ruku", [ 2 ] now considered derogatory.
Urhobo has a rather reduced system of sound inventory compared to proto-Edoid. The inventory of Urhobo consists of seven vowels; which form two harmonic sets, [6] /i e ɛ a o ɔ u/ and /ĩ ẽ ɛ̃ ã ɔ̃ õ ũ/. [7] It has a conservative consonant inventory for an Edoid language.