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1. Introduction

2. Background information on Ede

2.1. Language classification
2.2. Language area
2.3. Population
2.4. Previous linguistic research
2.5. Language development

3. Methodology

3.1. Identification of similar lexical items
3.2. Computation of WordSurv similarity matrices
3.3. Paired t-test and correlation analysis
3.4. Multidimensional scaling

4.1. Statistical Relationships between WLC1 and WLC2
4.2. Clustering of the Ede language varieties

5. Discussion and conclusions

5.1. Clustering of the Ede varieties
5.2. Recommendations for further sociolinguistic research
5.3. Conclusions