Gonja language

E267649

Gur language language

The Gonja language is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Gonja people in northern Ghana.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Gonja language canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gur language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternateName	Gonja ⓘ Guang Gonja ⓘ Ngbanyito ⓘ surface form: Ngbanya Ngbanyito ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageContext	English in Ghana ⓘ surface form: coexists with English as national official language of Ghana
ethnicGroup	Gonja people ⓘ
family	Gur languages ⓘ
hasDialects	various local varieties ⓘ
ISO639-3	gjn ⓘ
languageFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ Gur languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Dagbani language ⓘ Dagbani language ⓘ surface form: Dagomba language Gonja-area Akan varieties ⓘ Mampruli language ⓘ
primaryUse	everyday communication ⓘ local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
region	Savannah Region, Ghana ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
spokenIn	Ghana ⓘ Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ surface form: Northern Ghana
status	regional language in northern Ghana ⓘ
subfamily	Northern Gur ⓘ
usedBy	Gonja Kingdom (traditional state) ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Gur languages → hasMemberLanguage → Gonja language ⓘ

Northern Region → hasLanguage → Gonja language ⓘ

Nawuri language → closelyRelatedTo → Gonja language ⓘ

Northern Region of Ghana → language → Gonja language ⓘ