Ede Ica

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A language of Benin

Alternate Names
Ica, Itcha, Ìtsà
User Population

45,800 (2018).

Location

Collines department: northwest Bante commune; Donga department; south border areas scattered.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Dialects

Ica, Ilodji (Ife). Lexical similarity: 83% with Yoruba of Porto-Novo [yor].

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Also use Standard Arabic [arb]. Also use Yoruba [yor].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 40% in French [fra].

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.