Anii
Gisida; Basila; Bassila; Baseca; "Winji-Winji"; "Ouinji-Ouinji"; Akpe;
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Kwa
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[ATR] Harmony in an E
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2009
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Benin
9.032,1.657; 9.234,1.554
"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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"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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"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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Spoken along the border of Togo and Benin
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33,600 in Benin in 1992; 12,300 in Togo in 2002.
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Benin, Togo
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Southern Benin; Atacora Province, Bassila Subprefecture. Togo, Central Region, Tchamba Prefecture.
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Southern Benin; Atacora Province, Bassila Subprefecture. Togo, Central Region, Tchamba Prefecture.
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Benin, Togo
9.002756, 1.668845
"[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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"[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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- 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 University2012. "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."
- 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/
- 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
- Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages LocationsRoger 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
- The Dialects of AniiDeborah 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
- Acoustic Analysis of Anii VowelsDeborah 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
- [ATR] Harmony in an Eleven Vowel Language: The Case of AniiDeborah 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
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