🇳🇬 Branch

Idomoid

Evidence: Multiple sources

Idomoid is a group of languages within the Benue–Congo branch of Niger–Congo. It includes Idoma, Igede, Etulo and Akpa, the main languages of southern Benue State.

Key facts
Type
Branch
Dialects & varieties (4)
Sources
  1. Glottolog 5.3 — languoid catalogue — Glottolog (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Idomoid (idom1262) within Benue-Congo, containing Idoma, Igede, Etulo and Akpa
  2. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Idoma, Igede, Etulo and Akpa classified Benue-Congo: Idomoid

Last updated 24 September 2026. Spotted an error or have a source to add? Tell us.

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