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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[Togo Genealogy|Togo]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=[[Togo Languages|Languages]] }} ==Description== 39 distinct languages are spoken in the Togo. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Togo," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo#:~:text=Languages, accessed 3 May 2023.</ref> <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Togo," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Togo, accessed 3 May 2023.</ref> The only official language is '''French'''. It is used in formal education, legislature, media, administration, and commerce. Two spoken indigenous languages are designated as national languages. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_language '''Ewe'''] - also known as Èʋegbe * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabiye_language '''Kabiye'''] ==Word List(s)== * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ewe_phrasebook#:~:text=Phrase%20list Ewe phrasebook] - WikiVoyage * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Ewe_phrasebook#:~:text=Phrase%20list Ewe Phrase list] - WikiTravel * [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/ewe.php Useful Ewe phrases] - Omniglot ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== '''Alphabet''' * [https://omniglot.com/writing/ewe.htm#:~:text=Ewe%20alphabet Ewe alphabet] - Omniglot * [https://omniglot.com/writing/kabiye.htm#:~:text=Kabiye%20alphabet Kabiye alphabet] - Omniglot * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabiye_language#:~:text=Phonology Kabiye alphabet and consonants] - Wikipedia '''Pronunciation''' * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ewe_phrasebook#:~:text=Pronunciation%20guide Ewe Pronunciation guide] - WikiVoyage * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Ewe_phrasebook#:~:text=Pronunciation%20guide Ewe Pronunciation guide] - WikiTravel * [https://omniglot.com/writing/kabiye.htm#:~:text=pronunciation Kabiye pronunciation] - Omniglot ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== '''Dictionaries''' * ''Modern Evegbe dictionary : Evegbe-English and English-Evegbe.'' Ghana: Kasahorow, 2019. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1225144253 WorldCat]. * Jim-Fugar, Kodzo Nusetor and Nicholine Jim-Fugar. ''Nuseline's Ewe-English dictionary.'' n.p.: n.p., 2017. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1269017314 WorldCat]. '''Online Dictionaries''' * [https://glosbe.com/en/ee Dictionary English - Ewe] - Glosbe * [https://glosbe.com/kbp/en Dictionary Kabiyè - English] - Glosbe * [https://glosbe.com/en/kbp Dictionary English - Kabiyè] - Glosbe '''Language Aids''' * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabiye_language#:~:text=Grammar Kabiye grammar] - Wikipedia * Sedlak, Philip A. S. ''Kabiye Grammar Handbook.'' n.p.: The Experiment in International Living, 1980. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/967177069 WorldCat]. ==Additional Resources== * Sedlak, Philip A. S. and Comp Jassor,. ''Kabiye Special Skills Handbook.'' Brattleboro, VT: The Experiment in International Living, 1980. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/427003873 WorldCat]. == References == {{reflist}} *[https://togo-benin.sil.org/resources/togo_language_map Languages of Togo] [[Category: Togo]]