Nago, Southern

NQG

vigorous

Alternate Names: Ede Nago, Nago, Nagot, Nagots

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 87%–91% with Yoruba , of Porto-Novo.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Defoid
Yoruboid
Edekiri

Demographics: 200,000 (2002 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use French [fra], Yoruba [yor]. Used as L2 by Anii [blo].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Benin

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian (Protestant), Muslim.