Edo language

Edo language

language
name=Edo
nativename=Bini
states=Nigeria
region=Edo State
speakers=1 million
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Benue-Congo
fam4="YEAI"
fam5=Edoid
fam6=North-Central
iso2=bin|iso3=bin|notice=nonotice

Edo (or, with the tone marks: Èdó, also called Bini or Benin) is a Benue-Congo language spoken primarily in Edo State, Nigeria. It was and remains the primary language of the Bini people also known as the Edo or Benin (unrelated to the people of modern day 'Republic of Benin', formerly called 'Dahomey'). The Benin Empire was one of the greatest African empires.

ee also

*Bini people
*Benin Empire

External links

* [http://www.edofolks.com/words/ Edo Language Dictionary Online]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bin Ethnologue report on Edo]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Edo PanAfrican L10n page on Edo (Bini)]
* [http://www.edo-nation.net/edolang1.htm Teach yourself the Èdó language]


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