See nkọ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ńkọ́view map"
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"word": "OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dón̄kọ́ABBESSNote: 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"
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"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
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"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ńkọ́view map"
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}
Download raw JSONL data for nkọ meaning in Yoruba (4.1kB)
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