Isoko

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Proper noun

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Isoko

  1. The language spoken in the Isoko region and Niger Delta in Nigeria, by the Isoko people. It is linguistically similar to the language of the neighboring Urhobo people.

Noun

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Isoko (plural Isoko or Isokos)

  1. A member of the Isoko tribe.
    • 1913, Royal Geographical Society, The Geographical Journal[1], page 119:
      As far as I can tell it was due to the preaching of an African Christian, not an Isoko, who visited those parts on business during the war;[...]

References

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  • Ikime, Obaro (2007) “Thoughts on the Isoko-Urhobo Relaations”, in History of the Urhobo people of Niger Delta[2], Urhobo Historical Society, →ISBN
  • James W. Welch (1934 April) “The Isoko Tribe”, in Africa: Journal of the International African Institute[3], volume 7, no. 2, Edinburgh University Press, pages 160-173

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