Pherá language

{{Short description|Gbe language of Benin}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Pherá

|nativename=Xwela

|pronunciation={{IPA|χʷèɺá}}

|states=Benin

|region=

|speakers={{sigfig|84,700|2}}

|date=2018

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta–Niger

|fam4=Gbe

|fam5=Phla–Pherá

|minority={{flag|Benin}}

|iso3=xwe

|glotto=xwel1235

|glottorefname=Xwela Gbe

}}

Pherá, also spelled Xwela, is a Gbe language of Benin. It forms a dialect chain with Western Phla.