Ethnologue

Gikyode

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Achode, Akyode, Chode, Gichode, Kyode

Autonym

Gikyode

Population

10,400 (2003), increasing.

Location

Volta region: Nkwanta district, on Togo border, 9 remote villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 75% with Ginyanga [ayg] of Togo.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Akan [aka]. Used as L2 by Chala [cll].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–2%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–20%. Literature. Texts. NT: 2001.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1980.

Other Comments

Traditional religion.