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The Adele language is spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. The speakers themselves, the Adele people, call the language Gidire.

Adele
Gidire
Region	Ghana and Togo
Native speakers	37,000 (2003–2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Anii–Adere Adele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ade
Glottolog	adel1244

Adele
People	Bidire
Language	Gidire

Writing system

In Ghana, the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (en) (GILLBT) developed an alphabet to translate the Bible into Adele.

Adele alphabet (Ghana)^{[citation needed]}

A

B

Bw

D

E

Ɛ

F

Fw

G

Gb

Gy

H

I

Ɩ

K

Kp

Ky

Kw

L

M

N

Ny

Ŋ

Ŋm

Ŋw

O

Ɔ

P

Pw

R

S

T

U

Ʋ

W

Y

a

b

bw

d

e

ɛ

f

fw

g

gb

gy

h

i

ɩ

k

kp

ky

kw

l

m

n

ny

ŋ

ŋm

ŋw

o

ɔ

p

pw

r

s

t

u

ʋ

w

y

The Adele alphabet used in Togo is essentially the same, however Rongier uses fewer digraphs at the index of his Adele-French dictionary.

Adele alphabet (Togo)^{[citation needed]}

A

B

C

D

E

Ɛ

F

G

Gb

I

Ɩ

J

K

Kp

L

M

N

Ny

Ŋ

O

Ɔ

P

R

S

U

Ʋ

W

Y

a

b

c

d

e

ɛ

f

g

gb

i

ɩ

j

k

kp

l

m

n

ny

ŋ

o

ɔ

p

r

s

u

ʋ

w

y

References

• Bernd Heine, Die Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togorestsprachen. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1968.

External links

• Listen to a sample of Adele from Global Recordings Network

На других языках

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[de] Adele (Sprache)

Adele (auch Gidire und Bidire) ist eine bedrohte westafrikanische Sprache und ist die Sprache der Adele-Volksgruppe.

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- [en] Adele language

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[es] Idioma adele

El idioma adele se habla en el este de Ghana así como en Togo. Se trata de un idioma minoritario, hablado por cerca de 21 000 personas. Pertenece a la familia de las lenguas kwa. Quienes hablan este idioma lo llaman Gidire.

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[fr] Adele (langue)

L’adele est une langue kwa parlée dans le centre est du Ghana et le centre ouest du Togo.

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[ru] Адель (язык)

Адель — язык, на котором говорят в центрально-восточной Гане и центрально-западном Того.

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