Ga

E34473

Ga is a Kwa language spoken primarily by the Ga people in and around Accra, the capital region of Ghana.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ga language 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kwa language
Niger–Congo language
language
alternateName Accra
surface form: Accra Ga

belongsTo Ga–Dangme branch of Kwa
closelyRelatedTo Dangme language
country Ghana
ethnicGroup Ga people
glottologCode gali1263
glottologName
hasBibleTranslation Ga Bible
hasDigitalUse social media in Ghana
hasGrammarFeature noun class remnants
serial verb constructions
subject–verb–object word order
hasISO639-1Code gaa
hasISO639-2Code gaa
hasISO639-3Code gaa
hasMediaUse newspapers in Ghana
radio broadcasting in Ghana
television broadcasting in Ghana
hasNumberOfSpeakersApprox 700000
hasOrthographyStandardized true
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony
contrastive vowel length
prenasalized consonants
tone
isSpokenByMinority true
isTonalLanguage true
languageFamily Kwa languages
Niger–Congo languages
primaryCity Accra
region West Africa
regulatedBy Bureau of Ghana Languages
spokenIn Accra
Ghana
Greater Accra Region
statusInGhana indigenous Ghanaian language
language of wider communication in Greater Accra
subfamily Ga–Dangme languages
surface form: Ga–Dangme
taughtIn primary schools in Ga-speaking areas
usedAs vernacular language
usedIn Ga festivals
Homowo festival
traditional religion of Ga people
writingSystem Latin script

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