• Look up Ife in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ifè (or Ifɛ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by some 180,000 people in Togo, Benin and Ghana. It is also...
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    cotton. Ife has a few open markets, such as Oja Titun or Odo-gbe market with about 1,500 shops. In terms of development, the Ife central area of Ilé Ifè is...
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  • composition from Miles Davis' 1974 compilation album Big Fun Ifè language, a Niger–Congo language spoken by some 180,000 people in Togo and Benin In-flight...
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    fourteenth-century contexts. Ilé-Ifè was the only known industrial center for HLHA glass production. Glass beads were used as a form of currency in Ife, and strings and...
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  • groups who speak member languages refer to the city of Ilé Ifè as their place of origin: "Defoid" comes from èdè ('language') + ifè (Ife) + -oid. It was first...
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  • Yoruba (CY) Igbomina, Ijesha, Ifẹ, Ekiti (including Akurẹ), Ẹfọn, Western Akoko. South-West Yoruba (SWY) Ketu, Awori, Sakété, Ifè (Togo), Idasha, Anago. South-East...
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  • Ìfé also spelt as Ife (English: Love) is a 2020 Nigerian LGBT romantic film executive produced by prominent Nigerian LGBTQ rights activist Pamela Adie...
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    university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional...
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    Oduduwa (category Oonis of Ife)
    the Ife Empire and a creator deity (orisha) in the Yoruba religion. According to tradition, he was the holder of the title of the Olofin of Ile-Ife, the...
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    Yoruba people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Togolaise (ifè:1.8 %, Yorouba: 1,4 %, Kambole/Nago: 0.7%. Total Yoruba; 3.9%)". Université Laval. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2022. "African languages spoken...
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  • of Benin and Togo that is closely related to the Yoruba language. The best-known variety is Ife. Kluge (2011) includes Yoruba within Ede. The Ede dialects...
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    The Ooni of Ile-Ife (Ọọ̀ni of Ilè-Ifẹ̀) is the traditional ruler of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ and the spiritual head of the Yoruba people. The Ooni dynasty existed before...
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    Moremi Ajasoro (redirect from Moremi of Ife)
    who were known to them as the Forest people, Ugbò in the Yoruba language. Scores of Ife citizens were being enslaved by these people, and because of this...
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    The Okinawan language (沖縄口, ウチナーグチ, Uchināguchi, [ʔut͡ɕinaːɡut͡ɕi]) or Central Okinawan is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern...
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  • Oke Ora (category Ife)
    and Ọ̀ra. In the Yoruba language, Òkè means a mountain or hill, while Ọ̀ra is a deity, who is one of the highest ranking in Ife, and said to be an avatar...
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    Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (category Oonis of Ife)
    1974) is the 51st and current Ooni of Ife. He is the traditional ruler and monarch of the Yoruba kingdom of Ile-Ife. He ascended to the throne of his forebears...
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    and history of Ile-Ife (Ile meaning home and Ife meaning expansion) originates in the original expansion of Yoruba peoples. Ile-Ife was settlement of the...
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    to one count has 44 languages spoken. The official language is French. In 1975, the government designated two indigenous languages - Ewé (Ewe: Èʋegbe)...
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    derivative combination using the elements ede (meaning 'language' in most lects within the grouping), "Ife", a city of profound cultural significance to speakers...
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  • of Yoruboid languages still reside. While many Yoruboid groups associate the origin of their culture and civilization from the town of Ife, Proto-Yoruboid...
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    Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70...
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  • The Edekiri languages are spoken in a band across Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The group includes: the Ede dialect cluster, including Ife; Itsekiri (Nigeria...
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  • Ọranyan (category Oonis of Ife)
    also known as Ọranyan, was a legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Oyo empire. Although he was the youngest of the descendants...
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    Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun class prefix chi- is used for languages, so the language is...
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    Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of...
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  • linguistic names. Language portal Constructed language and List of constructed languages Language (for information about language in general) Language observatory...
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  • Itsekiri language also features elements of Northern Yoruba notably The Ife and Oyo dialects. It is generally believed that the Itsekiri Language has developed...
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    Institute) (formerly Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral, IFE)) is an autonomous, public agency responsible for organizing federal elections...
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  • Eweka I (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    ISBN 978-1-107-06460-7. Retrieved 5 October 2023. Olupona, J. (2011). City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination. ACLS Humanities E-Book. University of...
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    [citation needed]  According to the oral traditions of Ife, the mortal Obatala was the founder and king of Ife during its classical period. His position as the...
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