igalaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Igala Ígáláà.

名詞

Igala pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria.

固有名詞

Igala

1. A sub-Saharan language belonging to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, which is closely related to Yoruba.
   • 2007 February 5, Roger Blench, “The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities”, in rogerblench.info‎, page 25:

     Comparative wordlists of two dialects of Yoruba with Igala.

2. (historical) 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.

参考

• Wikipedia article on Igala
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Igala terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code igl (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Igala, igl ⁠