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Isoko language, the Glossary

Index Isoko language

Isoko is one of the languages in Delta State spoken by the Isoko people in Isoko South, North and part of Ndokwa East Local Government Areas of Delta State, Southern part of Nigeria in Niger Delta region.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Atlantic–Congo languages, Bayelsa State, Benin City, Delta State, Edo State, Edoid languages, Igbo language, Isoko people, Isoko South, Linguistics, Ndokwa East, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Peter Ladefoged, Region, University of California, Los Angeles, Urhobo language, Volta–Niger languages.

  2. Edoid languages

Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages comprise the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa.

See Isoko language and Atlantic–Congo languages

Bayelsa State

Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta.

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Benin City

Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, southern Nigeria.

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Delta State

Delta State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

See Isoko language and Delta State

Edo State

Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of the federal republic of Nigeria.

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Edoid languages

The Edoid languages are a few dozen languages spoken in Southern Nigeria, predominantly in the former Bendel State.

See Isoko language and Edoid languages

Igbo language

Igbo (Standard Igbo: Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.

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Isoko people

Isoko people are an ethnolinguistic group who inhabit the Isoko region of Delta State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

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Isoko South

Isoko South is a local government area (LGA) in the Isoko region of Delta State, Nigeria.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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Ndokwa East

Ndokwa East is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.

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Niger Delta

The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.

See Isoko language and Niger Delta

Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Peter Ladefoged

Peter Nielsen Ladefoged (17 September 1925 – 24 January 2006) was a British linguist and phonetician.

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Region

In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography).

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Urhobo language

Urhobo is a South-Western Edoid language spoken by the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria. Isoko language and Urhobo language are Edoid languages.

See Isoko language and Urhobo language

Volta–Niger languages

The Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70 million speakers.

See Isoko language and Volta–Niger languages

See also

Edoid languages

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoko_language

Also known as ISO 639:iso.