Gɛn

E916981

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gɛn canonical 1
Gẽ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kwa language
Niger–Congo language
language
alternativeName Gen
Gẽ
Mina
belongsToEthnicGroup Gɛn people
Mina people
closelyRelatedTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe

Fon language
continent Africa
country Benin
Togo
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
macroArea West Africa
neighboringLanguage Aja
Ewe
Fon
region coastal Benin
southern Togo
spokenBy Gɛn people
Mina people
spokenIn Benin
Togo
subclassOf Kwa languages
Niger–Congo languages
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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mina language alternateName Gẽ
linked to: Gɛn