Edo /ˈɛdoʊ/ (with diacritics Ẹ̀dó; also called Bini (Benin)) is a Volta–Niger language spoken primarily in Edo State Nigeria. It was and remains the primary language of the Edo people of Igodomigodo. The Igodomigodo kingdom was renamed Edo by Oba Eweka after which the Edos refer to themselves as Oviedo ‘child of Edo’.
ISO 639-2 code
bin
ISO 639-3 code
bin
family
Edoid languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Volta–Niger languages
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