Nawuri language

E155053

The Nawuri language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Nawuri people of Ghana, primarily in the northern Volta and Oti regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nawuri language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Guang language
Niger-Congo language
language
closelyRelatedTo Chumburung language
Gonja language
country Ghana
countrySubregion Volta basin area
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Nawuri people
family Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo
Glottocode nawu1242
GlottologName Nawuri
hasAlternativeName Nawuli
Nawuri-Guan
hasDialects Nawuri (no major documented dialectal division)
hasNounClasses yes
hasTonalSystem yes
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3 naw
languageBranch North Guang
nativeSpeakers "approximately 14,000"
nativeSpeakersDate 2003
region Northern Region of Ghana
surface form: Northern Ghana
spokenIn Ghana
Oti Region
surface form: Northern Volta Region

Oti Region
status developing language
minority language
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Guang
Kwa
Central Tano
surface form: Potou–Tano

Central Tano
surface form: Tano
usedAlongside English
Ewe
Twi
usedBy Nawuri communities along the Volta Lake
usedIn daily communication
local trade
traditional religion
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kwa languages hasSubgroup Nawuri language
Potou–Tano languages includesLanguage Nawuri language