See kanga on Wiktionary
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}
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"word": "khanga"
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"english": "deepwell",
"word": "kànga ẹlẹ́rọ"
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{
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"word": "kànga ìgbàlódé"
},
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}
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"english": "well",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kàngaview map"
},
{
"word": "kànǹgaA-ÌlọrinÌlọrinkàngaA-"
},
{
"word": "kànǹgaA-OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Ìwàjówà LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Kájọlà LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Ìsẹ́yìn LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Ṣakí West LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Atisbo LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAkẹ̀ngaA-Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kàngaA-"
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},
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"word": "OkunOwéKabbagbògaA-Ede Languages"
},
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"word": "Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀AkpárékàgaA-AtakpamékàgaA-TchettikàgaA-Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
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"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
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"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
},
{
"word": "kànǹga"
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}
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