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Gbe languages

The Gbe languages (pronounced ) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria. The total number of speakers of Gbe languages is between four and eight million. The most widely spoken Gbe language is Ewe (10.3 million speakers in Ghana and Togo), followed by Fon (5 million, mainly in…

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Ethnicity
Tado
Geographic distribution
West Africa (parts of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
Glottolog
gbee1241
Linguistic classification
Atlantic-CongoVolta–CongoVolta–NigerGbe · Volta–CongoVolta–NigerGbe · Volta–NigerGbe · Gbe
Proto-language
Proto-Gbe
Subdivisions
Ewe · Gen · Fon · Adja · Phla–Pherá

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Gbe languages

Nodes130
Edges129
Triples154
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
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Gbe languages

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related to Geography and demography · 27
Gbe languages → Adele, Aguna, Aja, Akan, Akpafu, Atlantic, Benin, Capo, Dangme, Estimates, Ewe, Fon, Ga, Gbe, Ghana, Guang, In Benin, Kwa, Lolobi, SIL's Ethnologue
related to European traders and the transatlantic slave trade · 23
Gbe languages → Africa, African, Allada, As, Benin, Caribbean, Danish, Doctrina Christiana, Dutch, English, European, Gbe, Gen, Gold Coast, Little, New World, No, Portuguese, Some, Spanish
related to Morphology · 16
Gbe languages → C1, C1-3, C2, C3, Congo, Ewe, Gbe, In, It, Most, Niger, Pecí-Ewe, Phelá, The, Wací-Ewe, While
related to Renaissance du Gbe · 16
Gbe languages → Benin, Capo, Capo's, Christophe Capo, From, Gbe, Hounkpati, In, Int, Labo Gbe, Laboratory, Much, Renaissance, SIL, SIL International, Synchronised
related to Naming · 14
Gbe languages → Aja, Aja-Tado, Benin, Capo's, Cotonou, Ewe, Gbe, However, Other, Since, Standard Ewe, The, West African Languages Congress, Westermann
related to Classification · 12
Gbe languages → Based, Capo, Congo, East Kwa, Gbe, Greenberg, Kwa, Niger, Roger Blench, The, Volta, Westermann
related to Tone · 11
Gbe languages → Gbe, High, If, In, Low, Mid, Non-High, Rising, The, The Gbe, Thus
related to Grammar · 9
Gbe languages → Anlo, Caribbean, Ewe, Fon, French, Gbe, Haitian Creole, The, The Gbe
related to Nasalization in Gbe · 6
Gbe languages → Capo, Congo, For, Gbe, This, Volta
Subdivisions · 5
Gbe languages → Adja, Ewe, Fon, Gen, Phla–Pherá

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gbe languages ewe language fon capo benin word ghana area century gen consonants togo speakers trade also west tado used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Gbe languagesEthnicityTado1.00infobox
Gbe languagesGeographic distributionWest Africa (parts of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)1.00infobox
Gbe languagesGlottologgbee12411.00infobox
Gbe languagesLinguistic classificationAtlantic-CongoVolta–CongoVolta–NigerGbe1.00infobox
Gbe languagesLinguistic classificationVolta–CongoVolta–NigerGbe1.00infobox
Gbe languagesLinguistic classificationVolta–NigerGbe1.00infobox
Gbe languagesLinguistic classificationGbe1.00infobox
Gbe languagesProto-languageProto-Gbe1.00infobox
Gbe languagesSubdivisionsEwe1.00infobox
Gbe languagesSubdivisionsGen1.00infobox
Gbe languagesSubdivisionsFon1.00infobox
Gbe languagesSubdivisionsAdja1.00infobox
Gbe languagesSubdivisionsPhla–Pherá1.00infobox
Gbe languagesis afuture tense0.90text

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