Edekiri languages

{{Short description|Branch of the Yoruboid Languages}}

{{Infobox language family

|name=Edekiri

|region=Togo, Benin and Nigeria

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta–Niger

|fam4={{sm|yeai}}

|fam5=Yoruboid

|child1=Ede

|child2=Itsekiri

|child3=Yoruba

|glotto=edek1238

|glottorefname=Edekiri

}}

The Edekiri languages are spoken in a band across Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The group includes:

• the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife;
• Itsekiri (Nigeria, up to 1 million speakers);
• the Yoruboid languages Ulukwumi and Mokole;
• Yoruba, by far the largest of the cluster with about 55 million speakers.