Saxwe language
{{Short description|Gbe language spoken in Benin}}
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{{Infobox language
|name=Saxwɛ
|nativename=Tsáphɛ
|states=Benin
|region=Atlantique Department, Mono Department
|speakers={{sigfig|323,000|2}}
|date=2021
|ref=e26
|dia1=Sɛ
|dia2=Daxe
|dia3=Saxwe
|script=Latin
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Volta–Niger
|fam4=Gbe
|fam5=Phla–Pherá
|iso3=sxw
|glotto=saxw1241
|glottorefname=Saxwe Gbe
}}
Saxwɛ, also spelled Tsáphɛ, is a Gbe language spoken by the Saxwe people of south-western Benin.
Geographical distribution
Saxwe is spoken in the communes of Kpomassè in the Atlantique Department, the commune of Lalo in Couffo department, and the communes of Bopa and Houéyogbé in the Mono Department.
Sources
- {{cite book |date=2019 |first=Virginia |isbn=978-94-6093-328-8 |language=en |last=Beavon-Ham |publisher=LOT |series=543 |title=Tone in Saxwe}}
- {{cite book |date=2011 |first=Eric C |language=en |last=Johnson |publisher=SIL International |series=Electronic Survey Report 2011-020 |title=A sociolinguistic survey of the Gbe language communities of Benin and Togo: Volume 8: Saxwe, Daxe and Se language areas}}
- {{cite book |date=2011 |first=Angela |language=en |last=Kluge |publisher=SIL International |series=Electronic Survey Report 2011-012 |title=A sociolinguistic survey of the Gbe language communities of Benin and Togo: Gbe language family overview}}
References
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