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Waci, Ouatchi
Waci gbe
Native to	Togo, Benin
Region	Maritime, Mono
Native speakers	920,000 (2019–2021)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Gbe Waci, Ouatchi
Writing system	Latin script
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wci
Glottolog	waci1239

Waci is a Gbe language of Togo and Benin. It is part of a dialect continuum which also includes Ewe and Mina also known as Gɛn. It is scattered in an area Capo designates as Ewe speaking.

• Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1988). Renaissance du Gbe (réflexions critiques et constructives sur L'EVE, le FON, le GEN, l AJA, le GUN, etc.). Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. ISBN 9783871188473. OCLC 19892995.

• Anson, G. M. (1972). Description synchronique d'un parler Ewe: Le Watyi (PhD thesis). Université de Nice.
• Capo, Hounkpati B. Christophe (1991). A comparative phonology of Gbe. Publications in African languages and linguistics. Vol. 14. Foris. doi:10.1515/9783110870534. ISBN 9783110133929.
• Capo, Hounkpatin B. C. (1980). "Un regroupement des parles gbe". Africana Marburgensia. 13 (1): 2–23.
• Capo, Hounkpati B. Christophe (1977). Etude phonologique comparée du wacígbe et du gengbe (MA thesis). Université Nationale du Bénin.
• Faton, Gabriele R. (2018). Waci Speakers in Togo and Benin: A Sociolinguistic Survey (Report). SIL Electronic Survey Reports. Vol. 2018–003.
• Lokossa, Augustine A.; Capo, Hounkpati B. Christophe (1978). Precis grammatical du Gengbe et du Wacigbe. Kome: Sous-Comm. des Langues Waci et Gen.
• Manoukian, Madeline (1952). The Ewe-speaking people of Togoland and the Gold Coast. Ethnographic survey of Africa, Western Africa. Vol. 6. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute. OCLC 3385440.
• Sagbo, D. (1976). La situation interlinguistique au Dahomey (MA thesis). Université de Nantes.

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