Ede Ica

A language of Benin

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ica

Population

63,000 (2002 SIL).

Location

Collines Department, northwest Bante commune.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Ica, Ilodji (Ife). Lexical similarity: 83% with Yoruba of Porto-Novo [yor].

Language Use

All domains. Also use Yoruba [yor], French [fra], or Arabic [arb].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 40% in French.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.