North Akoko, usually abbreviated as Akoko and also known as Arigidi, is a
dialect cluster spoken in
Nigeria
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. It appears to form a branch of the "Yoruba–Edo–Akoko–Igbo" () group of
Niger–Congo languages. It is spoken in the LGAs of
Akoko North East,
Akoko North West
Akoko North-West is a 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 the area is 342.
Town and villag ...
,
Ekiti East
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, and
Ijumu
Ìjùmú is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Iyara. Other towns in the local government include Ayetoro Gbede, Iyah-Gbede, Ayegunle Gbede, Araromi Gbede, Ayere, Ayeh Gbede, Okoro Gbede, Odokoro Gb ...
(''Ethnologue'').
Varieties
Akokoid varieties include Arigidi, Erúṣú, Oyín, Ìgáṣí Eṣé, Urò, Ọ̀jọ̀, Àfá, Ògè, Ìdò, and Àjè.
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