Alada language

Alada
Native toNigeria, Benin
Native speakers

(459,000 "Gun" in Nigeria, 2020)[1]
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Gun [guw])
Glottologalad1239

Alada (Arba) is a Gbe language of Nigeria and Benin that has proven difficult to classify. Ethnologue counts Alada and Tɔli as dialects of Gun, but Capo (1988) considers it one of the Phla–Pherá languages. Kluge (2000) found elements of both Fon–Gun and Phla–Pherá.

  1. ^ Gun at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon