Igala
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English
Etymology
Noun
Igala pl (plural only)
- An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.
Proper noun
Igala
- A sub-Saharan language belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, which is closely related to Yoruba.
- (historical) A precolonial West African state, founded by the Igala people and located at the eastern region of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue in the Middle Belt or North-central of Nigeria.
See also
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code igl (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Igala, igl
Yoruba
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Igálà or Ìgálà
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN