Dialects TschettiDjamaDatcha ISO 639-3 ife | ||
Native speakers (210,000 cited 1990–2012) Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoVolta–NigeryeaiYoruboidEdekiriEdeIfè | ||
Ifè (or Ifɛ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by some 180,000 people in Togo and Benin. 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. Bible translation began in the language in 1994, with the New Testament being dedicated in 2009.
References
Ifè language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA