Phla language

Phla
Xwla
Pronunciation χʷlà
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 and also known as Popo, is a Gbe language of Benin and Togo.

References

  1. Eastern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Western at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Eastern Xwla Gbe". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Western Xwla Gbe". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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