Adele language
| Adele | |
|---|---|
| Gidire | |
| Region | Ghana and Togo |
Native speakers | 37,000 (2003–2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ade |
| Glottolog | adel1244 |
| Adele | |
|---|---|
| People | Bidire |
| Language | Gidire |
The Adele language is spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. The speakers themselves, the Adele people, call the language Gidire.
References
- ^ Adele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Bernd Heine, Die Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togorestsprachen. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1968.
External links
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