Ifè | |
States: | Togo, Benin |
Date: | 2012–2016 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta–Niger |
Fam5: | Yoruboid |
Fam6: | Edekiri |
Fam7: | Ede |
Dia1: | Tschetti |
Dia2: | Djama |
Dia3: | Datcha |
Script: | Latin |
Minority: | Benin |
Iso3: | ife |
Glotto: | ifee1241 |
Glottorefname: | Ife |
Ifè (or Ifɛ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by some 180,000 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.
Written works began to be produced in the language in the 1980s, published by the Comité Provisoire de Langue Ifɛ̀ and SIL. An Ifè–French dictionary (Oŋù-afɔ ŋa nfɛ̀ òŋu òkpi-ŋà ŋa nfãrãsé), edited by Mary Gardner and Elizabeth Graveling, was produced in 2000.[1]