Edoid | |
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Geographic distribution | South-central Nigeria, west of the Niger River, south of the confluence of the Benue |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Proto-language | Proto-Edoid |
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Glottolog | edoi1239 |
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.