Yobe language
Gur language spoken in Benin and Togo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miyobe or Soruba is an unclassified Niger-Congo language of Benin and Togo.
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Soruba | |
Miyobe | |
Native to | Benin, Togo |
Ethnicity | Biyobe |
Native speakers | (22,000 cited 1991–2012)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | soy |
Glottolog | miyo1238 |
ELP | Miyobe |
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Güldemann (2018) notes that Miyobe cannot be securely classified within Gur, and leaves it out as unclassified within Niger-Congo. Unlike the Gur languages, which are SVO, Miyobe has SOV word order like the Senufo, Mande, and Dogon languages.[3]