Gade language

Gade
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Nassarawa state
Native speakers	72,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Ebira–Gade Gade; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ged
Glottolog	gade1242[2]

Gade (Gede) is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 3.4 (2019) classifies it as an independent branch of Benue-Congo rather than as a Nupoid language.

There exist northern and southern dialects of Gade, which are mutually comprehensible.

Distribution

Ethnologue lists the following locations:

Federal Capital Territory: Abuja Municipal Area Council and Kuje LGA
Nassarawa State: Nassarawa town, Toto LGA, and New Karshi in Karu LGA

References

Gade at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gade". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Gade at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gade". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.