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 (Basila)
linked to: Anii

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
Yoruba
linked to: Yoruboid languages
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature ATR vowel harmony
tone language
languageFamily Niger-Congo
primaryCountryDistribution Benin
regionOfUse central Togo
northwestern Benin
secondaryCountryDistribution Togo
spokenByEthnicGroup Anii people
spokenInCountry Benin
Togo
spokenInRegion West Africa
subFamily Atlantic–Congo
Kwa
usedAlongsideLanguage Ewe
French
Kabiye
usedInDomain local trade
oral communication
traditional religion
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Kwa languages hasSubgroup Anii language