The Guang languages are languages of the Kwa language family spoken by the Guang people in Ghana and Togo:
- Southern Guang
- Efutu-Awutu
- Hill Guang: dialects Cherepon, Gua (Gwa), Larteh
- Northern Guang: dialects Anii, Chumburung–Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo, Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, Krache, Nawuri, Nchumbulu, Nkonya–Nkami, Ntrapo, Vagala
Guang | |
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Geographic distribution | Ghana, Togo |
Ethnicity | Guang people |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Subdivisions |
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Language codes | |
Glottolog | guan1278 |
History Of Guan
editEthnologue 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.