Gɛn

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Gɛn is a Kwa language spoken primarily in Togo and Benin by the Gɛn (Mina) people.

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Label Occurrences
Gɛn canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kwa language
Niger–Congo language
language
alternativeName Gen
Gẽ
Mina NERFINISHED
belongsToEthnicGroup Gɛn people NERFINISHED
Mina people NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Ewe language NERFINISHED
Fon language NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Benin NERFINISHED
Togo NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasEthnologueEntry Gɛn language entry
hasGlottocode genn1242
hasISO639Code gej
hasLinguisticFeature subject–verb–object word order
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
nasal vowels
languageFamily Kwa
Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
macroArea West Africa NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Aja NERFINISHED
Ewe NERFINISHED
Fon NERFINISHED
region coastal Benin
southern Togo
spokenBy Gɛn people NERFINISHED
Mina people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Benin NERFINISHED
Togo NERFINISHED
subclassOf Kwa languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED
usedAs lingua franca in parts of southern Togo
usedBy coastal communities in Benin
coastal communities in Togo
usedIn cultural practices
everyday communication
local trade
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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