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{{Infobox language family | {{Infobox language family | ||
|name=Defoid | |name=Defoid | ||
|acceptance= | |acceptance= widely rejected | ||
|region=[[Nigeria]], [[Benin]] and [[Togo]] | |region=[[Nigeria]], [[Benin]] and [[Togo]] | ||
|familycolor=Niger-Congo | |familycolor=Niger-Congo | ||
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The '''Defoid languages''' are a proposed branch of the [[Benue–Congo language family]]. The name of the group derives from the fact that nearly all of the ethnic groups who speak member languages refer to the city of [[Ile Ife|Ilé Ifè]] as their place of origin: "Defoid" comes from ''èdè'' ('language') + ''ifè'' (Ife) + ''-oid''. It was first proposed by Capo (1989),<ref>{{cite book |last=Capo |first=H. B. C. |year=1989 |chapter=Defoid |editor=Bendor-Samuel, J. |title=The Niger-Congo Languages: A classification and description of Africa's largest language family |location=Lanham |publisher=University Press of America |pages=275–290}}</ref> but evidence for it is still regarded as insufficient by Güldemann (2018).<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Languages and Linguistics of Africa|last=Güldemann|first=Tom|editor-last=Güldemann|editor-first=Tom|publisher=De Gruyter Mouton|chapter=Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa|year=2018|edition=|isbn=978-3-11-042606-9|doi=10.1515/9783110421668-002|location=Berlin|pages=58–444|series=The World of Linguistics series|volume=11 |quote= Capo’s (1989a) claim about a larger Defoid family including [Yoruboid,] Owon-Arigidi and Ayere-Ahan remains doubtful because of the insufficient empirical support provided for this hypothesis (p. 168).}}</ref> | The '''Defoid languages''' are a proposed branch of the [[Benue–Congo language family]]. The name of the group derives from the fact that nearly all of the ethnic groups who speak member languages refer to the city of [[Ile Ife|Ilé Ifè]] as their place of origin: "Defoid" comes from ''èdè'' ('language') + ''ifè'' (Ife) + ''-oid''. It was first proposed by Capo (1989),<ref>{{cite book |last=Capo |first=H. B. C. |year=1989 |chapter=Defoid |editor=Bendor-Samuel, J. |title=The Niger-Congo Languages: A classification and description of Africa's largest language family |location=Lanham |publisher=University Press of America |pages=275–290}}</ref> but evidence for it is still regarded as insufficient by Güldemann (2018).<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Languages and Linguistics of Africa|last=Güldemann|first=Tom|editor-last=Güldemann|editor-first=Tom|publisher=De Gruyter Mouton|chapter=Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa|year=2018|edition=|isbn=978-3-11-042606-9|doi=10.1515/9783110421668-002|location=Berlin|pages=58–444|series=The World of Linguistics series|volume=11 |quote= Capo’s (1989a) claim about a larger Defoid family including [Yoruboid,] Owon-Arigidi and Ayere-Ahan remains doubtful because of the insufficient empirical support provided for this hypothesis (p. 168).}}</ref> | ||
The Defoid language group consists of three branches, [[Yoruboid]], [[Akoko language|Akoko]] and [[Ayere–Ahan languages|Ayere-Ahan]]. | The Defoid language group consists of three branches, [[Yoruboid]], [[Akoko language|Akoko]] and [[Ayere–Ahan languages|Ayere-Ahan]]. Currently, these three branches are considered part of the [[Volta-Niger languages]] and not Benue-Congo. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Defoid languages are a proposed branch of the Benue–Congo language family. The name of the group derives from the fact that nearly all of the ethnic groups who speak member languages refer to the city of Ilé Ifè as their place of origin: "Defoid" comes from èdè ('language') + ifè (Ife) + -oid. It was first proposed by Capo (1989),[1] but evidence for it is still regarded as insufficient by Güldemann (2018).[2]
The Defoid language group consists of three branches, Yoruboid, Akoko and Ayere-Ahan. Currently, these three branches are considered part of the Volta-Niger languages and not Benue-Congo.