The Idomoid languages are spoken primarily in
Benue State
Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 among the 7 states created at that time.The state derives its name from the Benue River which is t ...
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
*
Yace (Akpa)
*Etulo–Idoma
**
Etulo
**Idoma:
Idoma,
Igede,
Agatu,
Alago,
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Eloyi, though that assignment is outdated as Blench (2007)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