Urhobo

Edoid language of the Urhobo people mainly spoken in Delta State in Nigeria
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Urhobo

Summary

Urhobo is a language[1]. Urhobo ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Urhobo is in the country of Nigeria[3].
  • Urhobo's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Urhobo's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Urhobo is a type of Edoid[6].
  • Urhobo's writing system is recorded as Urhobo alphabet[7].
  • Urhobo's Wikimedia language code is recorded as urh[8].
  • Urhobo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Urhobo language[9].
  • Urhobo's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1100000'}[10].
  • Urhobo's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Urhobo'}[11].
  • Urhobo's indigenous to is recorded as Delta State[12].
  • Urhobo's indigenous to is recorded as Edo State[13].
  • Urhobo's indigenous to is recorded as Federal Capital Territory[14].
  • Urhobo's indigenous to is recorded as Urhobo people[15].
  • Urhobo's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/URH[16].
  • Urhobo's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[17].
  • Urhobo's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[18].
  • Urhobo's linguistic typology is recorded as tonal language[19].

Why It Matters

Urhobo ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2] Urhobo has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Nigeria
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Delta State, Edo State, Federal Capital Territory +1
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563952405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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