Yoruboid

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Belonging or relating to a group of 14 related dialect/language clades, composed of the Igala and Edekiri groups. Its most widely spoken member is Yoruba. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Yoruboid languages collectively.

Etymology

From Yoruba + -oid.

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