Alternate Names: Bedere, Bidire, Gadre, Gidere, Gidire
Dialects: Lower Adele, Upper Adele. Intelligibility : 85%–90% between dialects, minor differences in tone and lexicon. Ghana and Togo dialects differ.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 16,300 in Togo (2003 SIL). Population total all countries: 27,300.
Language Use: All ages. Most also use Éwé [ewe]. Used as L2 by Delo [ntr].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. NT: 1996–2001.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Togo
Other Comments: Ethnic group is Bedere. Different from Adere , of Cameroon. Traditional religion, Christian.