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covers the "Benue+East Kwa" reference area (the north-western section of "old Benue-Congo", plus the eastern section of "old Kwa") within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 11 sets of languages (= 209 outer languages) spoken by communities in eastern West Africa, centered on the lower Niger+ Benue basin, between the Togo Highlands and Cameroon Highlands: 98-A YORUBA+ IGALA 98-B NUPE+ EBIRA 98-C IDOMA+ ETULO 98-D UKAAN+ AKUNNU* 98-E OGORI+ OSAYEN 98-F EDO+ OKPAMHERI 98-G IGBO+ EKPEYE 98-H AGWARA+ EZELLE 98-I HYAM+ TAROK 98-J IBIBIO+ BEKWARRA 98-K JUNAARE+ DAKA A continuum of relationships among languages covered by phylozones 98=Benuic and 99=Bantuic passes through the transitional languages of the [98=] Junaare+ Tagbo (Mambila+ Samba-Daka) chain. |