Isoko
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Isoko
- The language spoken in the Isoko region and Niger Delta in Nigeria, by the Isoko people. It is linguistically similar to the language of the neighboring Urhobo people.
Noun[edit]
Isoko (plural Isoko or Isokos)
- A member of the Isoko tribe.
- 1913, Royal Geographical Society, The Geographical Journal[1], page 119:
- As far as I can tell it was due to the preaching of an African Christian, not an Isoko, who visited those parts on business during the war;[...]
References[edit]
- Ikime, Obaro (2007) “Thoughts on the Isoko-Urhobo Relaations”, in History of the Urhobo people of Niger Delta[2], Urhobo Historical Society, →ISBN
- James W. Welch (1934 April) “The Isoko Tribe”, in Africa: Journal of the International African Institute[3], volume 7, no. 2, Edinburgh University Press, pages 160-173
Further reading[edit]
- ISO 639-3 code iso (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Isoko, iso