Gen language
| Gen | |
|---|---|
| Mina | |
| Native to | Benin, Togo[1] |
Native speakers | 620,000 (2019–2021)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gej |
| Glottolog | genn1243 |
Gen (also called Gɛ̃, Gɛn gbe, Gebe, Guin, Mina, Mina-Gen, and Popo) is a Gbe language spoken in the southeast of Togo in the Maritime Region. Like the other Gbe languages, Gen is a tonal language.
History
The Gen-Mina originated from
Fanti, Ga-Adangbe and various European languages.[citation needed
]
The Gen language is
mutually intelligible with Ewe and is considered to be one of the many dialects of Ewe.[citation needed
]
There were 476,000 Gen-speakers in Togo in 2019, and 144,000 in Benin in 2021.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Gen at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Sources
- Kangni, Atah-Ekoué (1989) La syntaxe du Gẽ: étude syntaxique d'un parler Gbe: le Gẽ du Sud-Togo. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
