Kwa languages

E28451
branch of Niger-Congo languages language family

Kwa languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in southern West Africa, including parts of Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kwa languages canonical 19

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
geographicDistribution coastal regions of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
forest zone of southern West Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kwa branch ⓘ
Kwa group ⓘ
hasFeature noun class remnants in some languages ⓘ
rich verbal aspect systems ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ
hasSubgroup Abé language ⓘ
Akan language ⓘ
surface form: Akan languages

Akebu language ⓘ
Akyem language ⓘ
Avikam language ⓘ
surface form: Alladian language

Anii language ⓘ
Anyin language ⓘ
Attié language ⓘ
Avatime language ⓘ
Avikam language ⓘ
Baoulé language ⓘ
Bowili language ⓘ
Potou–Tano languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Tano languages

Dangme language ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ
surface form: Ewe language

Potou–Tano languages ⓘ
surface form: Fante language

Fon language ⓘ
Foodo language ⓘ
Ga language ⓘ
Ga–Dangme languages ⓘ
Gbe languages ⓘ
Ikposo language ⓘ
Kposo language ⓘ
Lelemi language ⓘ
Logba language ⓘ
Potou–Tano languages ⓘ
surface form: Na-Togo languages

Nawuri language ⓘ
Nzema language ⓘ
Potou–Tano languages ⓘ
Sehwi language ⓘ
Siwu language ⓘ
Tafi language ⓘ
Potou–Tano languages ⓘ
surface form: Tano languages

Wasa language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo
partOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo language family
recognizedBy Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
southern West Africa ⓘ
subclassOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
typology mostly SVO word order ⓘ
mostly tonal languages ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

West African languages → includesFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Ga → languageFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Ga language
Ga people → languageFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → hasSubbranch → Kwa languages ⓘ
Akan people → languageBranch → Kwa languages ⓘ
Akan language → partOfLanguageFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Potou–Tano languages → subclassOf → Kwa languages ⓘ
Potou–Tano languages → linguisticClassification → Kwa languages ⓘ
Abé language → subfamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Ikposo language → subfamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Akebu language → subfamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Logba language → languageBranch → Kwa languages ⓘ
Ga-Dangme people → linguisticFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Aja language → partOfLanguageBranch → Kwa languages ⓘ
West African Pidgin English → substrateInfluence → Kwa languages ⓘ
Central Tano → partOf → Kwa languages ⓘ
Fante language → subdivisionOf → Kwa languages ⓘ
Akuapem Twi → languageFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ
Nzema people → languageFamily → Kwa languages ⓘ