Foodo language
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Foodo (ISO 639-3 fod) is a Guang language spoken in and around the town of Sèmèrè in the north of Benin. There are approximately 37,000 speakers (taking the most recent estimate and adding the estimated 3.2% a year growth rate for Benin[2]). A large proportion of the population live beyond the homeland in other parts of Benin, as well as in neighboring Togo, Nigeria, and Ghana. There may be as many as 1,000 living in Ghana.
Foodo | |
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Native to | Benin |
Region | Donga |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2018)[1] |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | fod |
Glottolog | food1238 |
The language has its origin in Ghana. Approximately 200 to 300 years ago, a group of Guang speakers migrated from the south of Ghana to Sèmèrè along the ancient cola trade route which extended through Togo and Benin to Nigeria.[3][4] The various origins of Foodo speakers are still retained in clan names."[5]