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 5
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 (6)

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