Igala

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.

Noun

Igala pl (plural only)

An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.

Proper noun

Igala

A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, has nearly 1 million speakers in Nigeria, and is closely related to the Yoruba language.

See also

Wikipedia article on Igala

Wiktionary’s coverage of Igala terms

Further reading

ISO 639-3 code igl (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Igala, igl ⁠

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.ɡá.là/, /ì.ɡá.là/

Proper noun

Igálà or Ìgálà

Igala (people or ethnicity)
èdè Igálà
Igala language

References

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

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