Xwela
| Pherá (Xwela [ χʷèɺá ]) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Benin | |
| speaker | 65,000 (2002) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
xwe |
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The Xwela language (ISO 639-3: xwe; also houeda, peda, phera, xwela gbe and xwela-gba ) is a Niger-Congo language from the Gbe language group , used by a total of 65,000 people in the Beninese provinces of Mono and Atlantique is spoken.
The language therefore also belongs to the group of Kwa languages . There is a lexical similarity with the West-Xwla [xwl] to 90%. Most speakers are also proficient in French and gradually forget their own Xwela language.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ xwe
- ↑ (2002 SIL)
- ↑ Ethnologue (16th)