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Mokole language (Benin)

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Mokole
Èdè Mɔ̄kɔ́lé
Native toBenin
RegionKandi
Native speakers
(66,000 cited 1991)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3mkl
Glottologmoko1243

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

  1. ^ Mokole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)