Alternate Names: Hedi, Hide, Turu-Hide, Xadi, Xedi
Dialects: Tur (Ftour, Tourou, Turu). 51% intelligibility of Vemgo-Mabas ,, 48% of Lamang ,, 35% of Gvoko ,. Lexical similarity: 78% with Vemgo-Mabas ,, 64% with Lamang ,, 56% with Gvoko ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 25,000 in Cameroon (2001 SIL). Population total all countries: 29,000.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Gvoko [ngs], Vemgo-Mabas [vem].
Language Development: 700 adult students each year in literacy program. Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2013.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Cameroon