Avatime

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A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3
avn
Alternate Names
Afatime, Si-yà, Sia, Siya, Siyase
Autonym
Sideme
User Population

27,200 (2013 UNSD).

Location

Volta region: center at Amedzofe.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Avatime-Nyangbo
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Nyangbo [nyb] and Tafi [tcd].

Language Use

Also use Éwé [ewe], but contact with it is diminishing.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Avatime
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 2010.

Other Comments

Traditional religion.