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Igo

A language of Togo

ISO 639-3: ahl

Population	6,000 (1995 H. Massanvi Gblem). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,000.
Region	Plateau region, Apeyeme Prefecture, Bogo-Ahlon Canton, Sassanou village area.
Language map	Togo, reference number 18
Alternate names	Achlo, Ago, Ahlõ, Ahlon, Ahlon-Bogo, Ahonlan, Anlo
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Kposo-Ahlo-Bowili
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Also use French or Éwé [ewe]. Some also speak Ikposo [kpo], Lelemi [lef], Sekpele [lip], Akan [aka], or Tem [kdh].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 33%. 2,000 read Igo, 1,000 can write it. Bible portions: 2001–2005.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Ahlon’ was the official name. Agriculturalists: coffee, cocoa, maize, casava, plantain, rice. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GBLEM [POIDI], Honorine Massanvi, author. 1995. Description systematique de l’Igo langue du Sud-Ouest du Togo.

POIDI, Honorine, author. 1989. Le système nominal de l’igo-ahlɔ (étude preliminaire).

POIDI, Honorine, author. 1996. Manuel d’orthographe Igo: Cours destine aux bogo lettres en Français.

POIDI, Massanvi, editor. 1989. L’orthographe de l’igo.

POIDI, Napo, author. 1999. "’Dieu’, ’sacrifice’ et ’onction’ en igo: facteurs culturels."

Vernacular Publications

Abécédaire igo. 1989.

Anɔbi ulu ulu. 1993.

Bogo èkú. 1993.

Ijòlue! Ijòlue mpa. 1993.

Kó ka ìgò. 1996.