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A sociolinguistic survey of the Anii-Akpe language area
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

<25,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

Most

More about speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Benin

Coordinates

9.032,1.657; 9.234,1.554

Location description

"The Anii communities are situated in mid-west Benin, in an area north of and including Bassila in the Sous-Prefecture of Bassila. All Anii villages are located in the districts of Bassila and Penessoulou. The Anii area is bordered to the north by Nago and Yom language groups, to the east by the Bariba language group, to the south by another group of Nago people, and to the west the area is defined by the Togo-Benin border, with Akpe villages being the closest neighbors west of the border."

Government support

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Institutional support

Sous-Commission Nationale Anii

Speakers' attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

"The Anii communities are situated in mid-west Benin, in an area north of and including Bassila in the Sous-Prefecture of Bassila. All Anii villages are located in the districts of Bassila and Penessoulou. The Anii area is bordered to the north by Nago and Yom language groups, to the east by the Bariba language group, to the south by another group of Nago people, and to the west the area is defined by the Togo-Benin border, with Akpe villages being the closest neighbors west of the border."

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Other languages used

French, Arabic, Kotokoli, Tchamba, Ana, Ife, Nago, Yoruba

Domains of other languages

Religion

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Year of info

1983

Location and Context

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Location description

"Il est parlé dans la province de l'Atacora, dans le district de Bassila villages de : Bassila, Bafolaŋi, Dɔge (commune de Bassila), Penesulu, Kodowari, Naga-yilé, Penelan, Bayaku, N'Borkro-Salamaga, Mɛɛla, Bodi (commune rurale de Penesulu)."

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"Il est parlé dans la province de l'Atacora, dans le district de Bassila villages de : Bassila, Bafolaŋi, Dɔge (commune de Bassila), Penesulu, Kodowari, Naga-yilé, Penelan, Bayaku, N'Borkro-Salamaga, Mɛɛla, Bodi (commune rurale de Penesulu)."

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

~46,000

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Coordinates

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Location description

Spoken along the border of Togo and Benin

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Other writing systems

Spoken along the border of Togo and Benin

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

45,900

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

45,900

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

33,600 in Benin in 1992; 12,300 in Togo in 2002.

Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

Benin, Togo

Coordinates

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Location description

Southern Benin; Atacora Province, Bassila Subprefecture. Togo, Central Region, Tchamba Prefecture.

Government support

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Other writing systems

Southern Benin; Atacora Province, Bassila Subprefecture. Togo, Central Region, Tchamba Prefecture.

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

40,000-50,000

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Benin, Togo

Coordinates

9.002756, 1.668845

Location description

"[Spoken in] approximately fifteen villages in the West African country of Benin, and three villages in the neighboring country of Togo... most of the villages have their own specific names for the dialect spoken in that village (e.g. the language of Bassila is called Gisida, that of Balanka Gilɛmbulnya, etc.), which is indicative of the social and linguistic differences between the villages."

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

Latin-based

Other writing systems

"[Spoken in] approximately fifteen villages in the West African country of Benin, and three villages in the neighboring country of Togo... most of the villages have their own specific names for the dialect spoken in that village (e.g. the language of Bassila is called Gisida, that of Balanka Gilɛmbulnya, etc.), which is indicative of the social and linguistic differences between the villages."

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. Doctoral Dissertation Research: A description of Anii, an underdocumented language of West Africa (NSF DEL Abstract)
    Odden, David. 2011. "Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Description of Anii, An Underdocumented Language of West Africa (NSF DEL Abstract)." Online: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1122303.
    http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1122303
  4. A sociolinguistic survey of the Anii-Akpe language area
    Tompkins, Barbara and Angela Kluge. 2009. "A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Anii-Akpe Language Area." 96. SIL International.
  5. Atlas Sociolinguistique de Bénin
    Commission Nationale De Linguistique Du Bénin (C.n.l.b). 1983. "Atlas Sociolinguistique De Bénin." Côte d'Ivoire: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique/Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, Abidjan.
  6. Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages Locations
    Roger Blench. "Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages Locations." Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/GTML%%20Website/GTMLanguagetables/GTMLlocations.htm.
    http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/GTML%%20Website/GTMLanguagetables/GTMLlocations.htm
  7. The Dialects of Anii
    Deborah C. Morton. 2012. "The Dialects of Anii." Online: http://deborahcmorton.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-dialects-of-anii.pdf.
    http://deborahcmorton.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-dialects-of-anii.pdf
  8. Acoustic Analysis of Anii Vowels
    Deborah C. Morton. 2012. "Acoustic Analysis of Anii Vowels." Online: http://deborahcmorton.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/acoustic-analysis-of-anii-vowels.pdf.
    http://deborahcmorton.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/acoustic-analysis-of-anii-vowels.pdf
  9. [ATR] Harmony in an Eleven Vowel Language: The Case of Anii
    Deborah C. Morton. 2012. "[ATR] Harmony in An Eleven Vowel Language: The Case of Anii." In Selected Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics: African Languages in Context, edited by Michael R. Marlo et al. 70-78. Cascadilla Proceedings Project. Online: http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/42/paper2759.pdf.
    http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/42/paper2759.pdf
  10. The Temporal and Aspectual Semantics and Verbal Tonology of Gisida Anii