Igala
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.
Noun
Igala pl (plural only)
- An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.
Proper noun
Igala
- A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, has nearly 1 million speakers in Nigeria, and is closely related to the Yoruba language.
See also
- Wikipedia article on Igala
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Igala terms
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code igl (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Igala, igl
Yoruba
Etymology
Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.ɡá.là/, /ì.ɡá.là/
Proper noun
Igálà or Ìgálà
- Igala (people or ethnicity)
- èdè Igálà
- Igala language
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →ISBN