Gade language
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.
| Gade | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Nassarawa state |
Native speakers | 72,000 (2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ged |
| Glottolog | gade1242[2] |
There exist northern and southern dialects of Gade, which are mutually comprehensible.
Distribution
Ethnologue lists the following locations:
- Federal Capital Territory: Abuja Municipal Area Council and Kuje LGA
- Nassarawa State: Nassarawa town, Toto LGA, and New Karshi in Karu LGA
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References
- Gade at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gade". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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