Adele

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Centrale region: Sotouboua prefecture.

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Ghana

Language NameAdele

User Population

11,000 in Ghana (2003).

Location

Volta region: Nkwanta district; east central border with Togo.

Alternate Names

Bɛdɩrɛ, Badre, Bedire, Gadre, Gidire, Gɩdɩrɛ

Dialects

Lower Adele (Lower Gidire). Intelligibility between Upper and Lower Gidire: 92%–97%.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Language Use

Also use Akan [aka].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.

Other Comments

Different from Lidzonka (Adere) [add] of Cameroon. Traditional religion.