Aja (language)
| Aye | ||
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Spoken in |
Togo , Benin | |
| speaker | 740,400 to 946,000 | |
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| Official language in | one of the national languages in Benin and Togo | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 |
ajg |
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Aja (also: Adja , Ajagbe , Hwè ) is the language of Adja . The Adja live mainly in Benin and Togo . In Benin, Aja speaks about 588,100 ( SIL 2002) to 775,000 people, in Togo about 152,300 (SIL 2002) to 171,000 people.
In Benin, the Aja spokesman in the southwestern part of the country live on the Mono river in the provinces Couffo (Subprefäkturen: Aplahoué, Djakotomè, Dogbo, Klouékanmè, Lalo and Tovinklin), Mono (Subprefäkturen: Athiémè, come and Houéyogbé) and Zou in the Subprefäkturen Djidja and Agbangnizoun.
Well-known dialects in Benin are Dogbo, Hwe (Ehoue), Tado (Stado, Sado, Tadou), Sikpi and Tala. The dialects Hwe, Sikpi, Tado and Tala are linguistically similar to Dogbo . There is a lexical agreement of 92 percent with Hwe-Sikpi and 89 percent with Hwe-Dogbo, Hwe-Tado and Hwe-Tala. The dialects Dogo, Hwe (Ehoue), Tado (Stado, Sado, Tadou), Sikpi, and Tala are spoken in Togo.
Aja is one of six national languages in Benin. Aja is also taught in some local schools in Benin. There are radio broadcasts, literature and magazines, as well as dictionaries and grammars in Aja.
Aja is one of the Kwa languages .