Yoruboid is a group of languages composed of
Igala, a language spoken in central
Nigeria, and the
Edekiri group, the members of which are spoken in a band across
Togo,
Benin and southwestern
Nigeria. The name
Yoruboid derives from its most widely spoken member,
Yoruba, which has more than 20 million speakers. Another well-known Yoruboid language is
Itsekiri (Nigeria, 600,00-800,000 speakers). The Yoruboid group is a branch of
Defoid, which itself is a branch of the
Benue–Congo subfamily of the
Niger–Congo language family.