Ifè
Ifè is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Togo and Benin.
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Ifẹ̀ (or Ifɛ) is a Yoruboid language spoken by some 271,000 ethnic Ana-Ife people in Togo, Benin and Ghana. It is also known as Ana, Ana-Ifé, Anago, Baate and Ede Ife. It has a lexical similarity of 87%–91% with Ede Nago.
In Togo, there are three major varieties based on the towns of Atakpame (Djama variant), the Dassa variant is spoken in Dadja town, and a third one is based in Kamina. In Benin, the language is based on the dialect of Tchetti.
Like all the other dialects of Yoruba, Ife has three tones; (High, Mid and Low). Many speakers of Ife are bilingual in Ewe in the south of Togo and Standardized Yoruba (SY) in the North.
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Words in Ifè
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ínà | |
| child | ɔma | |
| name | ɛ́kɔ | |
| bone | ekũkũ | |
| tree | egi | |
| dog | adzá | |
| bird | ɛyɛ | |
| horse | atsĩ | |
| snake | edzò | |
| one | ɔ̀kã | |
| two | méèdzì | |
| three | mɛ́ɛta | |
| four | mɛ́ɛrɛ̃ | |
| five | mɛ́ɛrú | |
| ten | maá | |
| eat | dzɛ | |
| house | ilé | |
| white | fũfũ |
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