Gen language

Gen
Mina, Popo
gɛn
Native toBenin, Togo[1]
Native speakers
620,000 (2019–2021)[1]
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3gej
Glottologgenn1243

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. Like the other Gbe languages, Gen is a tonal language. It was misidentified as the 'Arda' language isolate of South America.[2]

  1. ^ a b Gen at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Campbell, L. (2024). "Phantom, False, and Spurious Languages of South America". The Indigenous Languages of the Americas: History and Classification. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1. Retrieved 2025-03-01.

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