Ijoid languages
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ijoid-languages-294-13678393
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Ijoid languages
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Ijoid is a proposed but undemonstrated group of languages linking the Ijaw languages (Ịjọ) with the endangered Defaka language. The similarities, however, may be due to Ijaw influence on Defaka. The Ijoid languages, or perhaps just Ijaw, are proposed to form a divergent branch of the hypothetical Niger–Congo family and are noted for their subject–object–verb basic word order, which is otherwise an unusual feature in Niger–Congo, shared only by such distant branches as Mande and Dogon. Like Mande
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Proposed language family of southern Nigeria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijoid_languages
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2023-12-03T19:25:37Z
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