in any subgroup of Gbe (e.g. Xwela). Notes and references Notes Failure to recognize Hwla as a spelling variant seems to have caused the listing of this Phla–Pherá language as 'unclassified' on the Ethnologue, as was pointed out by Angela Kluge (2000:104); this was rectified in the 15th edition. Capo 1991:4. Capo 1991:14. Kluge 2000:72, 2005:32ff, 2006:69ff. Kluge 2000:63, 2005:41ff, 2006:74ff. Compare Kluge 2005:41ff,47 and Kluge 2006:74ff,79. Pazzi 1979:17, as translated in Capo 1991:10. Cf. Capo 1991:10, Kluge 2000:71–2, 2005:49. References Afeli, Kossi A. and Bolouvi, Lebene Ph. (1998) 'Les langues du Togo, mutuellement intelligibles' (Notes and records no. 5, Communications of the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society). Cape Town:CASAS. 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. Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe, Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 14. Berlin/New York: Foris Publications & Garome, Bénin: Labo Gbe (Int) Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1998) ‘A classification of the languages of Benin’ (Notes and records no. 4, Communications of the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society). Cape Town:CASAS. Kluge, Angela (2000) ‘The Gbe language varieties of West Africa – a quantitative analysis of lexical and grammatical features’. [unpublished MA thesis, University of Wales, College of Cardiff]. Kluge, Angela (2005) ‘A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria’ Linguistic Discovery 3, 1, 22-53. Kluge, Angela (2006) ‘Qualitative and quantitative analysis of grammatical features elicited among the Gbe language varieties of West Africa’ Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 27, 1, 53-86. Pazzi, R. (1979) Introduction à l'histoire de l'aire culturelle Ajatado (Etudes et Documents de Sciences Humaines 1, Institut National des Sciences de L'Education). Lomé: University of Benin. Gbe languages Languages of Benin