Ethnologue

Avatime

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Afatime, Sia, Sideme, Siya, Siyase

Autonym

Si-yà

Population

27,200 (2013 UNSD).

Location

Volta region: center at Amedzofe.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

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

Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 2010.

Other Comments

Traditional religion.