Niger-Congo family
Edo (Bini)
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Edo (Bini) (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Volta-Niger → Edo (Bini).
See Edo (Bini) on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.6M (1,600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- bin
Edoid language of Benin City, Nigeria, the language of the Kingdom of Benin.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Volta-Nigerc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Edo (Bini)c. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Volta-Niger.