Igede

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Egede, Igedde

Population

250,000 (1991 UBS).

Location

Benue state: Oju, Otukpo, and Okpokwu LGAs; Cross River state: Ogoja LGA; Ebonyi state: Izzi LGA.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Ito, Oju (Central Igede), Worku, Gabu.

Language Use

Used as L2 by Yace [ekr].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1981.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1989.