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Adele

A language of Togo

ISO 639-3: ade

Population	16,300 in Togo (2003 SIL). Population total all countries: 27,300.
Region	West central, Koué Mpotì, Yégué are main centers. Difficult access to area. Upper Adele in Togo, Lower Adele in Ghana. Also in Ghana.
Language map	Togo, reference number 2
Alternate 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
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Grammar. NT: 1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Ethnic group is Lolo. Different from Adere [add] of Cameroon. Traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Ghana

Language name	Adele
Population	11,000 in Ghana (2003).
Region	East central border with Togo. Upper Adele in Togo; Lower Adele in Ghana.
Language map	Ghana, reference number 3
Alternate names	Bidire
Dialects	Upper Adele, Lower Adele.
Language use	Also use Akan [aka].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Comments	Speakers’ name for the language is ‘Gidire’, for themselves, ‘Bidire’. ‘Adele’ is the name used by others. Different from Adere [add] of Cameroon. Agriculturalists: crop diversity. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Ayebabi yɩɩ gɩkpa. 1990.

Ɔpɔre derɛ fɔ. 1983.

Dɩkpalɩ a dɔ fɔ waà ye. 1990.

Dɩkpalɩ nkpa n di akɛrɛ. 1990.

Etɩ bɛdɩrɛ tí di bɛfunlɛ ewùlàlɛ-oo, ɛkapɩnta-oo, abɛɛ ɛtangba-oo, ɛdɩrɛ-te-kamasɛ ɛ̀ ba oli. 1997.

Gɛŋwara gɩɩ gɩkpa. 1990.

Giforo! ti si ti so wɔ! 1-3. 1988.

Giforo! tì si tii so wɔ̀. 1990.

Ɩpaa. 1991.

Kalan a ŋwara gɩdɩrɛ 1-3. 1988.

Nbolo! Fɩlɔɔ!. 1990.

Tutu-dɩkpara. 1990.