Gen language

E267652

Gbe language Niger-Congo language natural language

Gen is a Gbe language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Togo and Benin, closely related to Ewe and used by the Gen (Mina) people.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Gen language canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gbe language ⓘ Niger-Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Gengbe ⓘ Gɛn ⓘ Gẽ ⓘ Mina ⓘ Mina-Gen ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Aja language ⓘ Ewe language ⓘ Fon language ⓘ
countryStatus	recognized national language of Togo ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Mina people ⓘ surface form: Gen (Mina) people
family	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger-Congo
glottocode	genn1242 ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith	other Gbe languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	SVO word order ⓘ isolating morphology ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
iso639-3Code	gej ⓘ
languageBranch	Gbe languages ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith	Aja language ⓘ Ewe ⓘ surface form: Ewe language Fon language ⓘ
macroFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Aja language ⓘ Ewe ⓘ surface form: Ewe language Fon language ⓘ
primaryCountry	Benin ⓘ Togo ⓘ
region	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Guinea coast West Africa ⓘ
spokenBy	Gen people ⓘ Mina people ⓘ
spokenIn	Maritime Region of Togo ⓘ southern Benin ⓘ
subfamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic–Congo Kwa ⓘ
subgroup	Gbe ⓘ
usedIn	everyday communication ⓘ local trade ⓘ music ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ewe → closelyRelatedTo → Gen language ⓘ

Gbe languages → hasPart → Gen language ⓘ

Gbe languages → languageFamilyOf → Gen language ⓘ

Aja language → closelyRelatedTo → Gen language ⓘ