Igala

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.

Noun

Igala pl (plural only)

  1. An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.

Proper noun

Igala

  1. A sub-Saharan language belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, which is closely related to Yoruba.
  2. (historical) A precolonial West African state, founded by the Igala people and located at the eastern region of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue in the Middle Belt or North-central of Nigeria.

See also

Further reading

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ī.ɡá.là/, /ì.ɡá.là/

Proper noun

Igálà or Ìgálà

  1. Igala (people or ethnicity)
    èdè Igálà
    Igala language

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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