Adele
Adele is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo.
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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.
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Words in Adele
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ɛna | |
| person | tEni* | |
| name | yere* | |
| eye | nu* | |
| ear | tEN* | |
| tooth | 5a* | |
| hand | lo7* | |
| bone | naNkuba* | |
| breast | 5EN* | |
| water | tu* | |
| fire | taN* | |
| sun | fila* | |
| star | Nolobi* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| tree | yoN* | |
| leaf | fa* | |
| dog | kpE* | |
| fish | soN* | |
| one | deke7* | |
| two | 5o* | |
| you | awo* | |
| we | Ete* | |
| drink | 5o* | |
| hear | no* | |
| die | ku* | |
| come | ba* | |
| path | sele* | |
| new | fufoN* | |
| full | yo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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