Anii
[aka Gisida, Basila, Bassila]Classification: Niger-Congo
·vulnerable
Classification: Niger-Congo
·vulnerable
Gisida, Basila, Bassila, Baseca, "Winji-Winji", "Ouinji-Ouinji", Akpe |
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Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Kwa |
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of the Anii-Akpe language area” (96) . Tompkins, Barbara and Kluge, Angela (2009) SIL International
French
Arabic
Kotokoli
Tchamba
Ana
Ife
Nago
Yoruba
"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."
Information from: “The Dialects of Anii” . Deborah C. Morton (2012)
"[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."
Information from: “Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages Locations” . Roger Blench
33,600 in Benin in 1992; 12,300 in Togo in 2002.
Southern Benin; Atacora Province, Bassila Subprefecture. Togo, Central Region, Tchamba Prefecture.
Information from: “Atlas Sociolinguistique de Bénin” . Commission Nationale de Linguistique du Bénin (C.N.L.B) (1983) Côte d'Ivoire: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique/Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, Abidjan
"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)."