Gade language

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Gade
Native toNigeria
RegionNassarawa state
Native speakers
72,000 (2000)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3ged
Glottologgade1242

Gade (Gede) is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 3.4 (2019) classifies it as an independent branch of Benue-Congo rather than as a Nupoid language.

There exist northern and southern dialects of Gade, which are mutually comprehensible.

Distribution

Ethnologue lists the following locations:

References

  1. ^ Gade at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)