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chyz:
I have a friend from there, Akoko-Edo.They are yoruba but use a few bini words. If u call him yoruba he will staunchly deny it.he says his parents to him if anybody ask u what u are just say your Edo. Lord knows why.

Akoko Edo is not youruba. It is Edo. There are over 50 different different dialects in Akoko -Edo. Sometimes villages bordering each other cant hear a word of each others language. Because of its geographical proximity to the Yorubas , Yoruba is a kind of Gen lingua Franca to transact biz and trade. Most of the languages have Edo origins and follow certain rules e.g- Omo-child, Amen, Ame, -water. Obo-Hand. The only tribe from Akoko -edo without Edo origins is Igarra. They migrated from the north.
German 007, Otuo is in Owan east LGA. Not akoko -edo. They do share a common boundary though.

When a tribe migrates from another it creates a different culture and language for itself. After some centuries both languages may become so diverse they wont even understand each other. Some tribes are the product of a blend between two or more different tribes.

Giving a dog a bad name to hang it.