Mokole language (Benin)

Not to be confused with Mokole languages.

Mokole
Native to	Benin
Region	Kandi
Native speakers	(66,000 cited 1991)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Yoruboid Edekiri Mokole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mkl`
Glottolog	`moko1243`^[2]

Mokole (or Mokollé, Mokwale, Monkole, Féri) is a Yoruba language spoken in the villages surrounding the town of Kandi in Benin. It's the northernmost variety of Yoruba.

References

↑ Mokole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mokole". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Languages of Benin

Official language

French

Indigenous
languages

Gbe	Aguna Aja Alada Fon Gen Pherá Phla Tofin Tɔli Waci

Gur	Berba Kabye Lama Lukpa Mbelime Mossi Nateni Ngangam Tammari Tem Waama Yom

Kwa	Chakosi Foodo

Yoruboid	Ede Ifè Mokole Yoruba

Other	Bariba Dendi Fula Hausa

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