Avatime

AVN

developing

Alternate Names: Afatime, Sia, Sideme, Si-ya

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Nyangbo , and Tafi ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kwa
Left Bank
Avatime-Nyangbo

Demographics: 24,000 (2003). L2 users: Understood somewhat as L2 by speakers of nearby languages.

Language Use: Diminishing contact with Éwé [ewe].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Ghana

Other Comments: Traditional religion.