Nago, Southern

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A language of Benin

ISO 639-3
nqg
Alternate Names
Ede Nago, Nago, Nagot, Nagots
User Population

200,000 (2002). All Nago: 760,000 (2018).

Location

Ouémé department: Akpro-Misserete and Avrankou communes; Plateau department: widespread, Adja-Ouèrè, Ifangni, Kétou, Pobè, and Sakété communes; Zou department: Ouinhi commune.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Defoid, Yoruboid, Edekiri
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 87%–91% with Yoruba [yor] of Porto-Novo.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use French [fra]. Also use Yoruba [yor]. Used as L2 by Anii [blo].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nago, Southern
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.