Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 ajg
Aja (Benin) Language Adja
Aja (Benin) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Aja (Benin) is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Aja (Benin) language
Aja (Benin) (Adja) is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 439th most spoken language in the world — just behind Muong (1.1 million) and ahead of Batak Mandailing (1.1 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Gbe group within the Kwa Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Aja (Benin) spoken?
Aja (Benin) is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Benin (550,000).
Aja (Benin) is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Aja (Benin) is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Ewe, Fon, Ci Gbe, Defi Gbe, Gun, Akan and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 ajg.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.