Avatime | Ethnologue

A language of Ghana

ISO 639: avn
Alternate Names: Afatime, Si-yà, Sia, Siya, Siyase
Autonym: Sideme
Population: 27,200 (2013 UNSD).
Location:: Volta region: center at Amedzofe.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Avatime-Nyangbo
Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Nyangbo [nyb] and Tafi [tcd].
Language Use: Also use Éwé [ewe], but contact with it is diminishing.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Avatime
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 2010.
Other Comments: Traditional religion.

Location: Volta region: center at Amedzofe.