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Gade language

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Gade
Native toNigeria
RegionNasarawa state
Native speakers
72,000 (2000)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3ged
Glottologgade1242

Gade (Gede) is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 4.7 (2022) classifies it as an independent branch of Gadoid/Babyoid rather than as a Nupoid language.

There exist Rìpyónọ (Standard Rìbyẹ̀), Rìbyẹ̀ gâpá (northern dialect) and Rìbyẹ̀ dialect (southern dialect) of Gade, which are mutually comprehensible. (GT Obadiah, 2023).

Distribution

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Ethnologue lists the following locations:

References

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  1. ^ Gade at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)