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Ede language

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Ede is a dialect continuum of Benin and Togo closely related to Yoruba, spoken by roughly 800,000 people and recognized as a minority language in Benin. Its best-known variety is Ife, and the continuum is documented under eight named varieties, Cabe, Ica, Idaca, Ije, Nago, Kura Nago, Manigri and Ife, each carrying its own ISO 639-3 code; some linguists, including Kluge in 2011, classify Yoruba itself as one more member of the Ede continuum rather than a separate language standing apart from it.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Speaker Count
795,000 2
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1. Glottolog: Ede (languoid record)
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  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 12
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Ede language (Wikipedia)
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795,000
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