Ede Cabe

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A language of Benin

ISO 639-3
cbj
Alternate Names
Ṣabẹ, Caabe, Cabe, Ede-Cabε, Sábέε, Tchabè, Tsábε
User Population

3,750 (2018).

Location

Borgou department: Tchaourou commune; Collines department: Ouèssè and Savè communes along Okrara river west bank; north Plateau department: Ketou commune.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Defoid, Yoruboid, Edekiri
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 76% with Yoruba of Porto-Novo [yor].

Language Use

Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Also use Yoruba [yor]. Very high level of comprehension of Yoruba. Used as L2 by Tchumbuli [bqa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ede Cabe
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.