Ede Cabe

CBJ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Caabe, Cabe

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 76% with Yoruba of Porto-Novo ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Defoid
Yoruboid
Edekiri

Demographics: 80,000 (2006).

Language Use: All ages. Also use Yoruba [yor]; very high level of comprehension of Yoruba. Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Tchumbuli [bqa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Benin

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian (Protestant).