Ekiti Yoruba
E963193
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Ekiti Yoruba is a dialect of the Yoruba language spoken primarily in Ekiti State in southwestern Nigeria, distinguished by its unique phonological and lexical features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ekiti Yoruba canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12039773 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ekiti Yoruba Context triple: [Yoruboid languages, hasMember, Ekiti Yoruba]
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A.
Ijebu Yoruba
Ijebu Yoruba is a dialect of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Ijebu people of southwestern Nigeria, distinguished by its unique phonology and vocabulary within the Yoruba dialect continuum.
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B.
Yoruba
The Yoruba are one of West Africa’s largest and most influential ethnic groups, known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious traditions, and historic kingdoms centered in what is now southwestern Nigeria and neighboring countries.
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C.
Ijaw languages
Ijaw languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily by the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.
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D.
Igbo-Etiti
Igbo-Etiti is a local government area in southeastern Nigeria known for its predominantly Igbo population and location within Enugu State.
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E.
Nupe Gbedegi dialect
The Nupe Gbedegi dialect is a regional variety of the Nupe language spoken by Nupe communities, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features within the broader Nupe linguistic continuum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ekiti Yoruba Target entity description: Ekiti Yoruba is a dialect of the Yoruba language spoken primarily in Ekiti State in southwestern Nigeria, distinguished by its unique phonological and lexical features.
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A.
Ijebu Yoruba
Ijebu Yoruba is a dialect of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Ijebu people of southwestern Nigeria, distinguished by its unique phonology and vocabulary within the Yoruba dialect continuum.
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B.
Yoruba
The Yoruba are one of West Africa’s largest and most influential ethnic groups, known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious traditions, and historic kingdoms centered in what is now southwestern Nigeria and neighboring countries.
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C.
Ijaw languages
Ijaw languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily by the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.
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D.
Igbo-Etiti
Igbo-Etiti is a local government area in southeastern Nigeria known for its predominantly Igbo population and location within Enugu State.
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E.
Nupe Gbedegi dialect
The Nupe Gbedegi dialect is a regional variety of the Nupe language spoken by Nupe communities, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features within the broader Nupe linguistic continuum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.