Gade language

Gade
Native toNigeria
RegionNasarawa state, Niger State, Abuja, Kaduna state, Kogi state
Native speakers
3,200,000 (2006)
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • noi
        • Gadoid
          • Gade-Gadoid
            • Gade
Language codes
ISO 639-3ged
Glottologgade1242

Gade (Gad) is an independent Gadoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 4.7 (2022) classifies it as an independent branch of Benue-Congo rather than as a Nupoid language of the Gade people.

There exist Baponu dialect, northern and southern dialects of Gade, which are mutually comprehensible.

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