Aja (Benin)
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Aja (Benin) is a Gbe language spoken primarily by the Aja people in southwestern Benin and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aja (Benin) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gbe language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Adja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aja-Gbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ewe language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gun language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryCode |
BJ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
TG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Aja people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | ajaa1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Aja (Benin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Dogbo Aja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hwe Aja NERFINISHED ⓘ Hwe-Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Tado Aja NERFINISHED ⓘ Togolese Aja ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
isolating to mildly agglutinative morphology ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasStandardization | orthography promoted by Benin language policy ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | ajg ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Atlantic–Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kwa ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Gbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Ewe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fon NERFINISHED ⓘ Gen (Mina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gun ⓘ |
| partOf | Gbe dialect continuum ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Couffo Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Mono Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ neighboring regions of Togo ⓘ southwestern Benin ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Gbe ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aja communities in Benin
ⓘ
Aja communities in Togo ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian religious practice in Aja communities
ⓘ
local education and literacy programs in Benin ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.