Gade language

Gade
Gade
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Nasarawa state
Native speakers	72,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Ebira–Gade Gade; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ged
Glottolog	gade1242

Gade (Gad) is a Gadoid language of Nigeria. Glottolog 4.7 (2022) classifies it as an independent branch of Benue-Congo rather than as a Nupoid language of the Gade people.

There exist Baponu dialect, northern and southern dialects of Gade, which are mutually comprehensible.