Aja language

E267651

The Aja language is a Gbe language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in parts of Benin and Togo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aja language canonical 9
Aja language (Central Sudanic) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gbe language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Africa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ewe language ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon language ⓘ
Gen language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Adja ⓘ
Adja-gbe ⓘ
Ajagbe ⓘ
Ajá ⓘ
hasDialect Aja of Togo ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Aja ⓘ
hasGlottologCode ajaa1238 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Aja (Benin) ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ajg ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus developing language ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature ATR vowel harmony ⓘ
SVO basic word order ⓘ
noun class remnants ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Ewe language ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
labial-velar stops /kp, gb/ ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ
hasStandardForm Aja of Benin ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Gbe varieties to some extent ⓘ
isTonalLanguage true ⓘ
languageFamily Niger-Congo ⓘ
languageGroup Gbe ⓘ
partOfLanguageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ
partOfLanguageFamily Niger-Congo language family ⓘ
region southeastern Togo ⓘ
southwestern Benin ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
subfamilyOf Gbe languages ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Aja people ⓘ
usedInDomain local trade ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Ewe → closelyRelatedTo → Aja language ⓘ
Fon language → closelyRelatedTo → Aja language ⓘ
Gbe languages → hasPart → Aja language ⓘ
Gen language → closelyRelatedTo → Aja language ⓘ
Gen language → lexicalSimilarityWith → Aja language ⓘ
West Central Sudanic languages → hasMember → Aja language (Central Sudanic) ⓘ
linked to: Aja language
Gbekon → relatedTo → Aja language ⓘ
Waci language → closelyRelatedTo → Aja language ⓘ
Mina language → neighboringLanguages → Aja language ⓘ
Aja people → speak → Aja language ⓘ