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Speakers in Canada

SyntaxTerror, Wed, 2022-11-16 15:11
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The map shows the whole country of Canada, but this country isn't in the list of countries where Edo is spoken.

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Officially Recognized Status

SyntaxTerror, Wed, 2022-11-16 13:34
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The United Nations state that Edo has an "Officially Recognized Status" in "Bendel State, Nigeria"

https://www.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/translations...

The issue is that this state doesn't exit anymore, it has been called like this from 1976 to 1991, date on which it has been split into into Delta State and Edo State.

https://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/ng-mwr.html

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