Mokole language (Benin)
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| Mokole | |
|---|---|
| Èdè Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | |
| Native to | Benin |
| Region | Kandi |
Native speakers | 36,000 (2018)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mkl |
| Glottolog | moko1243 |
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Mokole (or Mokollé, Mokwale, Monkole, Féri) is a Yoruboid language spoken in the villages surrounding the town of Kandi in northern Benin. Its speakers constitute a sub-group of Yoruba originated people that are often attached to the Bariba people of Benin.[2]
They represent the northernmost group of Yoruba speaking people in West Africa and are an 'island' completely surrounded by the Bariba. Their dialect is most closely related to that of the Shabe lect of Yoruba even though the closest Shabe speaking villages of Alafia and Tchaourou are situated more than 270kms south.[3]
History
The Mokole people established themselves in northern Benin on the land strip between Kandi and Malanville in the current-day department of Alibori from the Oyo Empire of Yorubaland to the south around the sixteenth century.[4]
Locations
The following towns and villages are attested to have been founded by the Mokole speaking people.[5]
- Angaradébou
- Iya
- Kandi
- Tui
- Saah
- Pede (Kpede)
- Guénè
- Lolo (Loro)
- Bensekou[6]
References
- ^ Mokole at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "The Mokolé people".
- ^ Lagos Notes and Records: University of Lagos Bulletin of African Studies. The University. 1971. p. 18.
- ^ "Destination Bénin : KANDI, carrefour incontournable dans l'alibori". Gouvernement de la République du Bénin (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Gosselain, Olivier; Smolderen, Lucie (2014). "Mission dans le Dendi: Rapport d'activités mars 2014" (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Projet "Atlas et études sociolinguistiques": première phase : peuples, langues, histoire, données socio-culturelles, répartition géographique (in French). Unesco, Agence de coopération culturelle et technique. 1980.
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