Egba dialect of Yoruba
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The Egba dialect of Yoruba is a regional variety of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Egba people in and around Abeokuta in southwestern Nigeria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Egba dialect of Yoruba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12319096 — 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: Egba dialect of Yoruba Context triple: [Egba Oke-Ona, usesLanguageVariety, Egba dialect of Yoruba]
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A.
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.
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B.
Yoruboid languages
Yoruboid languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southwestern Nigeria and neighboring regions, including Yoruba, Itsekiri, and Igala.
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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.
Ekiti Yoruba
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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E.
Ikare-Akoko language
The Ikare-Akoko language is a Yoruboid language variety spoken primarily in and around the town of Ikare-Akoko in southwestern Nigeria.
- 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: Egba dialect of Yoruba Target entity description: The Egba dialect of Yoruba is a regional variety of the Yoruba language spoken primarily by the Egba people in and around Abeokuta in southwestern Nigeria.
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A.
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.
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B.
Yoruboid languages
Yoruboid languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southwestern Nigeria and neighboring regions, including Yoruba, Itsekiri, and Igala.
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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.
Ekiti Yoruba
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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E.
Ikare-Akoko language
The Ikare-Akoko language is a Yoruboid language variety spoken primarily in and around the town of Ikare-Akoko in southwestern Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.