Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 gbh
Defi Gbe Language
Defi Gbe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.9 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Defi Gbe is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Defi Gbe language
Defi Gbe is spoken by about 1.9 million people, which makes it the 323rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Ci Gbe (1.9 million) and ahead of Makasar (1.9 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Fongbeic group within the Kwa Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Defi Gbe spoken?
Defi Gbe is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Benin (1.9 million).
Defi Gbe is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Defi Gbe 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 Fon, Ci Gbe, Gun, Ewe, Aja (Benin), Akan and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 gbh.
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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.