Pherá language

Pherá
Xwela
Pronunciation	χʷèɺá
Native to	Benin
Native speakers	65,000 (2002)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Gbe Phla–Pherá Pherá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xwe`
Glottolog	`xwel1235`^[2]

Pherá, also spelled Xwela, is a Gbe language of Benin. It forms a dialect chain with Western Phla.

References

↑ Pherá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Xwela Gbe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Benin

Official language

French

Indigenous
languages

Gbe	Aguna Aja Alada Fon Gen Pherá Phla Tofin Tɔli Waci

Gur	Berba Kabye Lama Lukpa Mbelime Mossi Nateni Ngangam Tammari Tem Waama Yom

Kwa	Chakosi Foodo

Yoruboid	Ede Ifè Mokole Yoruba

Other	Bariba Dendi Fula Hausa

Volta–Niger languages

Ayere-Ahan	Ayere Ahan

Gbe	Aja Alada Ayizo Ewe Fon Gbesi Gen Tɔli Tofin Pherá Phla Saxwe

Igboid	Ekpeye Ezza Igbo Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Izii Mgbo Ogba

Yoruboid	Ede Igala Itsekiri Yoruba

Nupoid	Asu Dibo Ebira Gade Gupa-Abawa Gwari Kakanda Kami Kupa Nupe

Idomoid	Agatu Alago Etulo Idoma Igede Yace Yala

Others	Akpes Akoko Oko

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