Isoko

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Edo isoko (“outskirts, environs”), referring to the fact that some of the predecessors of the Isoko migrated from the Kingdom of Benin to modern-day Isokoland, and thus the name represented those who lived on the outskirts of the Benin Empire. === Noun === Isoko (plural Isoko or Isokos) A member of an ethnolinguistic group who inhabit the Isoko region of Delta State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria. ==== Derived terms ==== Isokoland (“land of the Isoko”) === Proper noun === Isoko 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. ==== Translations ==== === References === 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 (April 1934), “The Isoko Tribe”, in Africa: Journal of the International African Institute‎[3], volume 7, no. 2, Edinburgh University Press, pages 160-173 === Further reading === ISO 639-3 code iso (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Isoko, iso ⁠ === Anagrams === Koiso, Koois, oikos