Anii language

E156661

The Anii language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in parts of Benin and Togo in West Africa.

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Anii language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language
language
alsoKnownAs Anii
surface form: Anii (Basila)

Anii-Basila
Basila
autonym Anii
belongsToMacroArea Africa
countryOfficialLanguageOf none
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasDialect Bassar-like varieties (Anii cluster)
Northern Anii
Southern Anii
hasGlottocode anii1244
hasGlottologName Anii
hasISO639-3Code blo
hasLinguisticResource Anii dictionaries
Anii grammatical descriptions
Anii text collections
hasLinguisticTypology SVO basic word order
hasNeighborLanguage Ewe
Ifè
Kabiye
Yoruboid languages
surface form: Yoruba
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony
tone language
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo
primaryCountryDistribution Benin
regionOfUse central Togo
northwestern Benin
secondaryCountryDistribution Togo
spokenByEthnicGroup Anii people
spokenInCountry Benin
Togo
spokenInRegion West Africa
subFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Kwa
usedAlongsideLanguage Ewe
French
Kabiye
usedInDomain local trade
oral communication
traditional religion
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kwa languages hasSubgroup Anii language