Igede language

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Igede
Native toCentral Nigeria
RegionBenue State
EthnicityIgede
Native speakers
(250,000 cited 1991)[1]
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • noi
        • Igede
Language codes
ISO 639-3ige
Glottologiged1239

Igede is a language spoken in Lower Benue State and Cross River State, Nigeria, by 250,000 people. Igede is a tripartite referring as well to the ""people" and the "igede land" that is occupied by the Igede people.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Igede at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Richard Bergman, 1981. An outline of Igede grammar