Pherá language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

  • Atlantic - Congo Southern Volta - Congo Gbe Phla - Phera

XWE

The language Xwela (ISO 639-3: XWE; well houeda, peda, phera, xwela gbe and xwela - gba ) is a Niger -Congo language from the language group of the Gbe - languages ​​spoken by 65,000 people in the provinces of Benin Mono and Atlantique is spoken.

The language therefore also counts to the group of Kwa languages. There is a lexical similarity with the West Xwla [ XWL ] to 90%. Most speakers speak at the same time the French language and gradually forget their own Xwela language.

Language family Atlantic languages Gbe languages Atlantique Department Phla language
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