Gengbe

Gen (Mina)

Niger-Congo

FamiliaNiger-Congo Hablantes~400K-500K EscrituraLatin PaísesTogo (Maritime Region Lengua oficialTogo (recognized national language alongside Ewe ee and Kabiye kbp; used in Vitalidadsafe ISO 639-3gej

Gen (Gengbe, also called Mina) is a Gbe language of the Niger-Congo Kwa branch, spoken by approximately 400,000 to 500,000 people primarily in the Maritime Region of southern Togo around Aného (the historic Mina/Gen capital and former Danish/German colonial trading post), with significant populations across the border in southwestern Benin (Mono Department). Gen is a sister language to Ewe (ee) and Fon (fon) within the Gbe dialect continuum and is partially mutually intelligible with both. Historically, the Gen people are descended from Akan immigrants from Elmina (Ghana) — the autonym "Gen" derives from "Mina" (the Portuguese trading post). Linguistically, Gen exhibits the typical Gbe features: ATR vowel harmony, three-tone system, isolating-agglutinative morphology, and SVO word order. The Gbe orthography developed in the 1980s by INFEC and SIL is shared across Ewe, Fon, and Gen.

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20 palabras esenciales en Gen (Mina)

Agua

tsi

/tsi/

Fuego

dzo

/dzo/

Sol

ɣe

/ɣe/

Luna

dzinkɛ

/dʒinkɛ/

Madre

/nɔ/

Padre

/tɔ/

Comer

ɖu

/ɖu/

Beber

no

/no/

Amor

lɔ̃lɔ̃

/lɔ̃lɔ̃/

Corazón

dzi

/dzi/

Árbol

ati

/ati/

Casa

aƒe

/aɸe/

Perro

avu

/avu/

Gato

agbo

/aɡbo/

Mano

alɔ

/alɔ/

Ojo

ŋku

/ŋku/

Hola

ado

/ado/

Gracias

akpe

/akpe/

Uno

ɖeka

/ɖeka/

Bueno

nyo

/ɲo/

Fuentes

Palabras comparadas

Comparado con lenguas Niger-Congo relacionadas

Significado Gen (Mina)ewéAjafonJaponés medievalJaponés (período Heian)San Blas Kuna
Agua tsi /tsi/ tsi /tsi/ esi /esi/ sin /sĩ/ /midu/ /midu/ di /di/
Fuego dzo /dzo/ dzo /dzo/ ezo /ezo/ zo /zo/ /ɸi/ /ɸi/ so /so/
Sol ɣe /ɣe/ ɣe /ɣe/ eŋke /eŋke/ hwe /ɦʷe/ /ɸi/ /ɸi/ olo /olo/
Luna dzinkɛ /dʒinkɛ/ ɣleti /ɣleti/ esun /esun/ sun /sũ/ /tuki/ /tukï/ nii /niː/
Madre /nɔ/ dada /dada/ /nɔ/ /nɔ/ /ɸaɸa/ /ɸaɸa/ nan /nan/
Padre /tɔ/ fofo /fofo/ to /to/ /tɔ/ /titi/ /titi/ baba /baba/
Comer ɖu /ɖu/ ɖu /ɖu/ ɖu /ɖu/ ɖu /ɖu/ 食ふ /kuɸu/ 食ふ /kaɸu/ gunne /ɡune/
Beber no /no/ no /no/ nu /nu/ nu /nu/ 飲む /nomu/ 飲む /nomu/ gobe /ɡobe/
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