The Idomoid languages are spoken primarily in
Benue State
Benue is a State in the North Central Nigeria, North Central region of Nigeria. It is popularly referred to as part of the Middle belt. It has an estimated population of about 4,253,641 in List of Nigerian states by population, the 2006 census. ...
of east-central Nigeria and surrounding regions.
Idoma itself is an official language spoken by nearly four million people including the subgroups of Igede, Uffia, Otukpo, and Orokam.
Languages
* Idomoid
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Yace
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Akpa
The Ibom Isi also known as the Akpa are one of the three main lineages comprising the Aro people. They are centered in Ibom, Arochukwu in Nigeria. The Akpa are descendants of the Ejagham in present day Cross River State in Southeastern Nigeria.
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**Etulo–Idoma
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Etulo
Etulo (Utur, Turumawa) is an Idomoid language of central Nigeria.
Distribution
Etulo is spoken in:
* Katsina-Ala LGA, Benue State
*Wukari LGA, Taraba State
Taraba is a States of Nigeria, state in north-eastern Nigeria, named after the Ta ...
***Idoma
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Idoma
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Igede
The Igede people are a Nigerian ethnic group in Benue State of Nigeria. They are native to the Oju and Obi local government areas of Benue State, Nigeria, where 2006 population figures stand at an estimated 267,198 people. However, many Igede pe ...
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Agatu
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Alago
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Yala
''Ethnologue'' includes
Eloyi, though that assignment is outdated as Blench (2007)
[Blench, Roger. 2007]
The Eloyi language of Central Nigeria and its affinities
considers Eloyi to be a divergent
Plateau language
The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.
Berom and Eggon have the most speakers. ...
that has undergone Idomoid influence, rather than vice versa.
''Ethnologue'' also calls the non-Yace branch "Akweya", despite the fact that Yace are also called "Akweya".
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
See also
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List of Proto-Idomoid reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
{{Niger-Congo branches
Volta–Niger languages