Ede Ica

ICA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Ica

Dialects: Ica, Ilodji (Ife). Lexical similarity: 83% with Yoruba of Porto-Novo ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo

Atlantic-Congo

Volta-Congo

Benue-Congo

Defoid

Yoruboid

Edekiri

Demographics: 63,000 (2002 SIL).

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Also use French [fra], Standard Arabic [arb], Yoruba [yor].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 40% in French.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Benin

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.