Adele language

Adele

language, modern language

Subclass of	Ghana–Togo Mountain
Country	Ghana, Togo
Indigenous to	Central Region, Volta Region, Centrale Region
Ethnologue language status	5 Developing

Dem dey speak Adele language insyd central eastern Ghana den central western Togo. E dey belong to de geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (dem traditionally call de Togorestsprachen anaa Togo Remnant languages) of de Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. De speakers demaselves, de Adele people, dey call de language Gidire.

Writing system

Insyd Ghana, na de Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) develop an alphabet to translate de Bible into Adele.

Adele alphabet (Ghana)

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

De Adele alphabet dem use insyd Togo be essentially de same, however Rongier dey use fewer digraphs at de index of ein Adele-French dictionary.

Adele alphabet (Togo)

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

Read further

• Adinyah, John B. (1995). "Adele kinship terms, role relationships, and family obligations". GILLBT (Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation) academic seminar week: proceedings of the 1994 seminar. Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. pp. 4–11.
• Clerk, Nicolas (1892). "Meine reise in den Hinterländern von Togo, nach Nkónyã, Boëm, O̱boo̱so, Salaga, Krakye" [My journey in the hinterlands of Togo, to Nkónyã, Boëm, O̱boo̱so, Salaga, Krakye]. Mitteilungen der geographischen Gesellschaft. IX: 77–98.
• Bertho, J. (1952). "Les Dialectes du Moyen-Togo" [The Dialects of Middle Togo]. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. XIV: 1046–1107.
• Christaller, J. G. (1895). "Die Adelesprache im Togogebiet" [The Adele language in the Togo region]. Zeitschrift für afrikanische und oceanische Sprachen. I: 16–33.
• Heine, Bernd (1968). Die Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togorestsprachen [The distribution and structure of the Togorest languages]. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
• Kantchoa, Laré (2014). "La classification nominale du gidere, langue volta-mono du Togo et du Ghana". Revue du CAMES: Lettres, Langues et linguistique. 2: 120–132.
• Nonon Kpamnona, Mikpakpè Adjovi (2012). Le nominal en adélé: une esquisse d'étude préliminaire (MA thesis). Université de Lomé.
• Rongier, Jacques (1998). Dictionnaire français-adele. Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée.
• Westermann, Diedrich (1922). "Vier Sprachen aus Mitteltogo: Likpe, Bowili, Akpafu und Adele, nebst einigen Resten der Borosprache" [Four languages from central Togo: Likpe, Bowili, Akpafu and Adele, along with some remnants of the Boro language]. Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen. XXIV: 1–59.

External links

• Listen to a sample of Adele from Global Recordings Network