Aja (Benin)

E916978

Aja (Benin) is a Gbe language spoken primarily by the Aja people in southwestern Benin and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aja (Benin) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gbe language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Adja ⓘ
Aja-Gbe ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ewe language ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon language ⓘ
Gun language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryCode BJ ⓘ
TG ⓘ
ethnicGroup Aja people ⓘ
glottocode ajaa1238 ⓘ
glottologName Aja (Benin) ⓘ
hasDialect Dogbo Aja ⓘ
Hwe Aja ⓘ
linked to: Aja

Hwe-Me ⓘ
Tado Aja ⓘ
Togolese Aja ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
isolating to mildly agglutinative morphology ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasStandardization orthography promoted by Benin language policy ⓘ
iso639-3 ajg ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Kwa ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
languageGroup Gbe ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Ewe ⓘ
Fon ⓘ
Gen (Mina) ⓘ
linked to: Mina-Gen

Gun ⓘ
partOf Gbe dialect continuum ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Couffo Department ⓘ
Mono Department ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
neighboring regions of Togo ⓘ
southwestern Benin ⓘ
subfamilyOf Gbe ⓘ
usedBy Aja communities in Benin ⓘ
Aja communities in Togo ⓘ
usedIn Christian religious practice in Aja communities ⓘ
local education and literacy programs in Benin ⓘ
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.

Aja language → hasGlottologName → Aja (Benin) ⓘ
Aja (Benin) → glottologName → Aja (Benin) ⓘ