Guang languages
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Language family
| Guang | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Ghana, Togo |
| Ethnicity | Guang people |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | guan1278 |
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
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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