Adele language (Kwa)
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Name (Latin)
Adele language (Kwa)
Other forms of name
Adeli language
Bedere language
Bidire language
Dere language
Gadre language
Gidere language
Gidire language
Gidre language
Sedere language
See Also From tracing topical name
Kwa languages
See Also From tracing place name
Ghana
Togo
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q27740
Library of congress:
sh2011001560
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Tutu-di̳kpara, 1990:t.p. (this is a fiction story about Adele life)
- Ethnologue, 16th ed.(Adele [ade], a language of Togo; Region: West central, Koué Mpotì, Yégué are main centers. Upper Adele in Togo, Lower Adele in Ghana; Alt. names: Bedere, Bidire, Gadre, Gidire; Dialects: Upper Adele, Lower Adele. 85% 90% inherent intelligibility between dialects, minor differences in tone and lexicon. Ghana and Togo dialects differ; Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Basila-Adele; Comments: Ethnic group is Lolo. Also spoken in Ghana; Region: East central border with Togo. Upper Adele in Togo; Lower Adele in Ghana; Alt. name: Bidire; Dialects: Upper Adele, Lower Adele; Comments: Speakers name for the language is Gidire, for themselves, Bidire. Adele is the name used by others)
- Linguasphere, 1999(96-GAA-a; Gidere; a-dele, dere, gi-dre, gi-dere, se-dere, ga-dre, a-deli; be-dere, bi-dire; lolo community; Ghana (Volta); Togo)
Wikipedia description:
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.
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