Anii

Facts

  • Language: Anii
  • Alternate names: Gisida, Basila, Bassila, Baseca, "Winji-Winji", "Ouinji-Ouinji", Akpe
  • Language code: blo
  • Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Basila-Adele (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <25,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script, developed in 1975.

More information:

    Muslim.

    The preferred name of the language is Anii; other names may have derogatory connotations and should not be used. (Tompkins & Kluge 2008)