Unnumbered source etymology
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A sub-Saharan language belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, which is closely related to Yoruba. · A precolonial West African state, founded by the Igala people and located at the eastern region of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue in the Middle Belt or North-central of Nigeria.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.
Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.
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- Borrowed-form mentionÍgáláàigl
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