Gengbe
Gen (Mina)
Niger-Congo
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 palavras essenciais em Gen (Mina)
Água
tsi
/tsi/
Fogo
dzo
/dzo/
Sol
ɣe
/ɣe/
Lua
dzinkɛ
/dʒinkɛ/
Mãe
nɔ
/nɔ/
Pai
tɔ
/tɔ/
Comer
ɖu
/ɖu/
Beber
no
/no/
Amor
lɔ̃lɔ̃
/lɔ̃lɔ̃/
Coração
dzi
/dzi/
Árvore
ati
/ati/
Casa
aƒe
/aɸe/
Cão
avu
/avu/
Gato
agbo
/aɡbo/
Mão
alɔ
/alɔ/
Olho
ŋku
/ŋku/
Olá
ado
/ado/
Obrigado
akpe
/akpe/
Um
ɖeka
/ɖeka/
Bom
nyo
/ɲo/
Fontes
Palavras comparadas
Comparado com línguas Niger-Congo relacionadas
| Significado | Gen (Mina) | eve | Aja | fom | Japonês medieval | Japonês (período Heian) | San Blas Kuna |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Água | tsi /tsi/ | tsi /tsi/ | esi /esi/ | sin /sĩ/ | 水 /midu/ | 水 /midu/ | di /di/ |
| Fogo | dzo /dzo/ | dzo /dzo/ | ezo /ezo/ | zo /zo/ | 火 /ɸi/ | 火 /ɸi/ | so /so/ |
| Sol | ɣe /ɣe/ | ɣe /ɣe/ | eŋke /eŋke/ | hwe /ɦʷe/ | 日 /ɸi/ | 日 /ɸi/ | olo /olo/ |
| Lua | dzinkɛ /dʒinkɛ/ | ɣleti /ɣleti/ | esun /esun/ | sun /sũ/ | 月 /tuki/ | 月 /tukï/ | nii /niː/ |
| Mãe | nɔ /nɔ/ | dada /dada/ | nɔ /nɔ/ | nɔ /nɔ/ | 母 /ɸaɸa/ | 母 /ɸaɸa/ | nan /nan/ |
| Pai | tɔ /tɔ/ | fofo /fofo/ | to /to/ | tɔ /tɔ/ | 父 /titi/ | 父 /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/ |
| Amor | lɔ̃lɔ̃ /lɔ̃lɔ̃/ | lɔ̃lɔ̃ /lɔ̃lɔ̃/ | lɔ̃ /lɔ̃/ | yiwanu /jiwanu/ | 愛 /ai/ | 恋 /koɸi/ | sabbi /sabːi/ |
| Coração | dzi /dzi/ | dzi /dzi/ | dzi /dzi/ | ayi /aji/ | 心 /kokoɾo/ | 心 /kokoɾo/ | kurgin /kuɾɡin/ |
| Árvore | ati /ati/ | ati /ati/ | ati /ati/ | atin /atĩ/ | 木 /ki/ | 木 /kï/ | sappi /sapːi/ |
| Casa | aƒe /aɸe/ | aƒe /aɸe/ | avia /avia/ | xwé /xʷé/ | 家 /iɸe/ | 家 /iɸe/ | nega /neɡa/ |
| Cão | avu /avu/ | avu /avu/ | avu /avu/ | avun /avũ/ | 犬 /inu/ | 犬 /inu/ | achu /atʃu/ |
| Gato | agbo /aɡbo/ | dadi /dadi/ | ami /ami/ | kpɔnyɔ /kpɔɲɔ/ | 猫 /neko/ | 猫 /neko/ | miji /midʒi/ |
| Mão | alɔ /alɔ/ | asi /asi/ | alɔ /alɔ/ | alɔ /alɔ/ | 手 /te/ | 手 /te/ | arigan /aɾiɡan/ |
| Olho | ŋku /ŋku/ | ŋku /ŋku/ | ŋku /ŋku/ | nukún /nukṹ/ | 目 /me/ | 目 /me/ | ibya /ibja/ |
| Olá | ado /ado/ | ŋdi /ŋdi/ | nɛnɛ /nɛnɛ/ | a fɔn ganji /a fɔ̃ ɡãdʒi/ | 御機嫌よろしう /ɡokiɡen joroɕiu/ | あなかしこ /anakasiko/ | nuedi /nweðiː/ |
| Obrigado | akpe /akpe/ | akpe /akpe/ | amɛ akpe /amɛ akpe/ | àwǎnú /àwǎnú/ | 忝し /katadʑikenaɕi/ | 忝なし /katadikenaɕi/ | nuedi malo /nweðiː malo/ |
| Um | ɖeka /ɖeka/ | ɖeka /ɖeka/ | ɖeka /ɖeka/ | ɖokpó /ɖokpó/ | 一つ /ɸitotu/ | 一つ /ɸitotu/ | kuenki /kweŋki/ |
| Bom | nyo /ɲo/ | nyo /ɲo/ | nyo /ɲo/ | ɖagbe /ɖaɡbe/ | 良し /joɕi/ | 良し /joɕi/ | nuegan /nweɡan/ |
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