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| Mokole | |
|---|---|
| Èdè Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | |
| Native to | Benin |
| Region | Kandi |
Native speakers | 36,000 (2018)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mkl |
| Glottolog | moko1243 |
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Mokole (or Mokollé, Mokwale, Monkole, Féri) is a Yoruboid language spoken in the villages surrounding the town of Kandi in northern Benin. Its speakers constitute a sub-group of Yoruba originated people that are often attached to the Bariba people of Benin.[2]
They represent the northernmost group of Yoruba speaking people in West Africa and are an 'island' completely surrounded by the Bariba. Their dialect is most closely related to that of the Shabe lect of Yoruba even though the closest Shabe speaking villages of Alafia and Tchaourou are situated more than 270kms south.[3]
- ^ Mokole at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "The Mokolé people".
- ^ Lagos Notes and Records: University of Lagos Bulletin of African Studies. The University. 1971. p. 18.
