Gen language

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. It is also spoken in the Mono Department of Benin. It is part of the Volta–Niger branch of the major African Niger–Congo language family. Like the other Gbe languages, Gen is a tonal language.

There were 200,000 Gen-speakers in Togo in 1991, and 130,000 in Benin in 2006.^[1]

References

• Kangni, Atah-Ekoué (1989) La syntaxe du Gẽ: étude syntaxique d'un parler Gbe: le Gẽ du Sud-Togo. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Languages of Togo Official language French National languages Ewe Kabiyé Working languages French Gen Indigenous languages Gbe Aguna Aja Phla Waci Wudu Gur Bago-Kusuntu Delo Kabye Lama Losso Lukpa Moba Mossi Ngangam Ntcham Tammari Tem Kwa Adele Agotime Ahlon Anii Chakosi Kebu Kposo Yoruboid Ede Ifè Yoruba Other Hausa

Languages of Benin Official language French Indigenous languages Gbe Aguna Aja Alada Fon Gen Pherá Phla Tofin Tɔli Waci Gur Berba Kabye Lama Lukpa Mbelime Mossi Nateni Ngangam Tammari Tem Waama Yom Kwa Chakosi Foodo Yoruboid Ede Ifè Mokole Yoruba Other Bariba Dendi Fula Hausa