Guang languages
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| Guan | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Ghana, Togo |
| Ethnicity | Guan people |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | guan1278 |
The Guan languages are languages of the Kwa language family spoken by the Guan people in Ghana and Togo:
- South Guan: Efutu, Cherepon, Gua, Larteh
- North Guan: Anii, Chumburung–Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo, Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, Krache, Nawuri, Nchumbulu, Nkonya–Nkami, Ntrapo, Vagala
History Of Guan
[edit]Ethnologue and Glottolog also list Dompo, but according to Blench (1999), that is better left unclassified.
Proto-Guang has been reconstructed by Snider (1990).[1]
See also
[edit]- List of Proto-Guang reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
[edit]- ^ Snider, Keith L. (1990). "The consonants of proto-Guan". Journal of West African Languages. 20 (1): 3–26.
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