| 释义 |
Edo, n. (and a.)|ˈɛdəʊ|
[Native name.]
A language or group of languages of the Kwa family spoken by peoples inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria. Also attrib. or as adj.
1890Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. XII. 606 The following have been named to me as countries or provinces..of the kingdom of Benin, within which the Eddo language, or some dialect thereof, is spoken. 1910N. W. Thomas Anthropol. Rep. Edo-Speaking Peoples Nigeria I. i. 6 Certain words appear to be common to the Edo and other families of languages. 1937H. Melzian Conc. Dict. Bini Lang. S. Nigeria p. vii, The Bini or Edo..language, together with the Ishan..dialect,..forms the central group of the cluster of languages generally known under the same name and belonging to the Kwa group of Western Sudan languages. 1957Encycl. Brit. III. 410/2 They speak a homogeneous language, Edo (Bini), a name which is extended to include the more or less closely related dialects of Ishan and Kukuruku, [etc.]. 1976Nigerian Herald 21 May 2/2, 4.45 News in Edo, Efik and Fulfulde. 1977Language LIII. 861 These two sounds in Abua sound like the plain and tapped laterals of the Ẹdo languages. 1983English World-Wide IV. 17 All are classified as Kwa and fall into four groups, viz. Edo, Igbo, Ijo, and Yoruba. |