Phla language

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Phla
Xwla
Pronunciationχʷlà
Native to Benin, Togo
Native speakers
150,000 (2002) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
gbx   Eastern
xwl   Western
Glottolog east2390  Eastern [2]
west2456  Western [3]

Phla (Kpla), also spelled Xwla, is a Gbe language of Benin and Togo.

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References

  1. Eastern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Western at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Eastern Xwla Gbe". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Western Xwla Gbe". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.