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Where is Defi Gbe spoken?

Defi Gbe is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Benin. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
Pama-Nyungan

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Where Defi Gbe is spoken

Defi Gbe is spoken in one country: Benin.

Country
Benin

Defi Gbe has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Defi Gbe?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Defi Gbe sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Defi Gbe as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kwa Volta-Congo
Gbe
Eastern Gbe
Fongbeic
Defi Gbe

Related languages

Other languages in the Fongbeic group:

Fon (1.9 million speakers)
Gun (1.5 million speakers)
Wudu
Ci Gbe
Maxi Gbe
Weme Gbe

More about Defi Gbe

Codes: ISO 639-3 gbh, Glottolog defi1235. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Defi Gbe

Where is Defi Gbe spoken?

Defi Gbe is spoken in Benin. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Defi Gbe in?

Glottolog places Defi Gbe in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, Kwa Volta-Congo, Gbe, Eastern Gbe and Fongbeic.