Yobe language
Miyobe or Soruba is an unclassified Niger-Congo language of Benin and Togo.
| Miyobe | |
|---|---|
| Soruba | |
| Miyobe | |
| Native to | Benin, Togo |
| Ethnicity | Biyobe |
Native speakers | (22,000 cited 1991–2012) |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | soy |
| Glottolog | miyo1238 |
| ELP | Miyobe |
| People | piyobe |
|---|---|
| Language | miyobe |
Güldemann (2018) notes that Miyobe cannot be securely classified within Gur, and leaves it out as unclassified within Niger-Congo. Unlike the Gur languages, which are SVO, Miyobe has SOV word order like the Senufo, Mande, and Dogon languages.
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