Adele language

Adele language

language
name=Adele
region=Ghana and Togo
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Kwa
iso2=
iso3=ade

The Adele language is spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo by about 21000 people. It belongs to the Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the "Togorestsprachen" or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Volta-Congo, Niger-Congo. The speakers themselves call the language "Gidire".

References

* "Bernd Heine, Die Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togorestsprachen." Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1968.


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