North Akoko, usually abbreviated as Akoko and also known as Arigidi, is a
dialect cluster
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spoken in
Nigeria
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. It is a branch of the
YEAI ("Yoruba–Edo–Akoko–Igbo") () group of the
Niger–Congo languages
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.
[Fadọrọ, Jacob Oludare. 2010. ''Phonological and lexical variations in Akokoid''. Doctoral dissertation, University of Ibadan.] It is spoken in the
Akoko Edo, and the LGAs of
Akoko North East,
Akoko North West
Akoko North-West is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, local government area in Ondo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Okeagbe.
It has an area of 512 km2 and a population of 213,792 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of ...
,
Ekiti East, and
Ijumu (''Ethnologue'').
Varieties
Akokoid varieties include Arigidi, Erúṣú, Oyín, Ìgáṣí Eṣé, Urò, Ọ̀jọ̀, Àfá, Ògè, Ìdò, and Àjè.
[Oshodi, Boluwaji. 2012]
The Arigidi Cluster: an Internal Re-classification
Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (International Congress), 18–21 September 2012, Paris.
Below is a list of Arigidi language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Internal classification
The internal classification of Akokoid language varieties is given by Fadoro (2010) as:
[Fadọrọ, Jacob Oludare. 2010. ''Phonological and lexical variations in Akokoid''. Doctoral dissertation, ]University of Ibadan
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.
;Akokoid
*Arigidi
**Arigidi
**Erushu
*Ọ̀wọ̀n
**''varieties in Oke Agbe''
***Afa
***Aje
***Udo
***Oge
**''varieties outside Oke Agbe''
***Oyin
***Igashi
***Uro
Arigidi and Erushu are mutually intelligible with each other; varieties spoken in Oke Agbe with each other; and varieties spoken outside Oke Agbe with each other. However, these three groups are not mutually intelligible with each other.
Reconstructions
The following list of Proto-Akokoid reconstructions is from Blench (n.d.).
[Blench, Roger]
Comparative Akokoid
:
See also
*
List of Proto-Akokoid reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
*Blench, Roger
Comparative Akokoid
{{Niger-Congo branches
Volta–Niger languages