Ayere language

Ayere
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kwara State
Native speakers	3000 (1992)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Ayere–Ahan Ayere
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`aye`
Glottolog	`ayer1245`^[2]

Ayere is a divergent Volta–Niger language of Nigeria, closely related only to Ahaan.

References

↑ Ayere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ayere". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Volta–Niger languages

Ayere-Ahan	Ayere Ahan

Gbe	Aja Alada Ayizo Ewe Fon Gbesi Gen Tɔli Tofin Pherá Phla Saxwe

Igboid	Ekpeye Ezza Igbo Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Izii Mgbo Ogba

Yoruboid	Ede Igala Itsekiri Yoruba

Nupoid	Asu Dibo Ebira Gade Gupa-Abawa Gwari Kakanda Kami Kupa Nupe

Idomoid	Agatu Alago Etulo Idoma Igede Yace Yala

Others	Akpes Akoko Oko

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