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Languages of Togo

The Linguasphere Register records 7 entries for Togo, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

7Register entries
3Sectors present
6Zones
1Language entries

1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Togo

CodeEntryLevelNote
19=BAUCHICZoneCovers the "West Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
90-BAA-bFulfulde-EOuterpart of "fula", ful-be community, pul-lo person, in [19] Hausa: fulani, fulatanci, filanci, in [51] Français: peulh …
90=ATLANTICZoneCovers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity.
91=VOLTAICZoneCovers the "Gur" or "Voltaic" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican …
96=AFRAMICZoneCovers the "West Kwa" reference area (the former western section of "old Kwa") within the "Volta-Congo" affinity …
98=BENUICZoneCovers the "Benue+East Kwa" reference area (the north-western section of "old Benue-Congo", plus the eastern section of …

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