Editing Gen language (section)

{{Short description|Gbe language of Togo}}
{{Distinguish|Hina language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Gen
| altname          = Mina, Popo
| nativename       = {{lang|gej|gɛn}}
| states           = [[Benin]], [[Togo]]<ref name=e26/>
| speakers         = {{sigfig|620,000|2}}
| date             = 2019–2021
| ref              = e26
| familycolor      = Niger-Congo
| fam2             = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
| fam3             = [[Volta–Congo languages]]
| fam4             = [[Kwa languages|Kwa]]
| fam5             = [[Gbe languages|Gbe]]
| minority         = [[Benin]]
| iso3             = gej
| glotto           = genn1243
| glottorefname    = Gen
}}

'''Gen''' (also called '''Gɛ̃''', '''Gɛn gbe''', '''Gebe''', '''Guin''', '''Mina''', '''Mina-Gen''', and '''Popo''') is a [[Gbe languages|Gbe]] language spoken in the southeast of [[Togo]] in the [[Maritime (Togolese region)|Maritime Region]]. Like the other Gbe languages, Gen is a [[Tone (linguistics)|tonal language]]. It was misidentified as the [[Arda language|'Arda' language]] isolate of South America.<ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=L. |title=The Indigenous Languages of the Americas: History and Classification |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=978-0-19-767346-1 |chapter=Phantom, False, and Spurious Languages of South America |access-date=2025-03-01 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWAHEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA333}}</ref>