Adja language

Aja
Adja, Hwè
Native toBenin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon
EthnicityAja people
Native speakers
1.28 million (2012–2021)[1]
Dialects
  • Dogbo
  • Hwe
  • Tado
  • Sikpi
  • Tala
Latin
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3ajg
Glottologajab1235
The distribution of the major Gbe dialect areas (after Capo 1988, 1991)

The Aja language is a Gbe language spoken by the Aja people of Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon. In Gabon, they are mostly migrants.

it is closely related to other Gbe languages such as Ewe, Mina, Fon, and Phla Phera. Adja is the mother tribe from which the other Gbe people are descended.

  1. ^ Aja at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon