"The Anii communities are situated in mid-west Benin, in an area north of and including Bassila in the Sous-Prefecture of Bassila. All Anii villages are located in the districts of Bassila and Penessoulou. The Anii area is bordered to the north by Nago and Yom language groups, to the east by the Bariba language group, to the south by another group of Nago people, and to the west the area is defined by the Togo-Benin border, with Akpe villages being the closest neighbors west of the border."

Spoken along the border of Togo and Benin

Southern Benin; Atacora Province, Bassila Subprefecture. Togo, Central Region, Tchamba Prefecture.

"Il est parlé dans la province de l'Atacora, dans le district de Bassila villages de : Bassila, Bafolaŋi, Dɔge (commune de Bassila), Penesulu, Kodowari, Naga-yilé, Penelan, Bayaku, N'Borkro-Salamaga, Mɛɛla, Bodi (commune rurale de Penesulu)."

"[Spoken in] approximately fifteen villages in the West African country of Benin, and three villages in the neighboring country of Togo... most of the villages have their own specific names for the dialect spoken in that village (e.g. the language of Bassila is called Gisida, that of Balanka Gilɛmbulnya, etc.), which is indicative of the social and linguistic differences between the villages."