English in Ghana

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lingua franca official language variety of English

English in Ghana is the country's official language and primary medium for government, education, and formal communication, coexisting with numerous indigenous languages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
English in Ghana canonical	1
coexists with English as national official language of Ghana	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lingua franca ⓘ official language ⓘ variety of English ⓘ
associatedWith	postcolonial identity in Ghana ⓘ urbanization in Ghana ⓘ
coexistsWith	Akan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagbani NERFINISHED ⓘ Ewe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ga NERFINISHED ⓘ Gur languages ⓘ Kwa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingsFrom	Akan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ewe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ga NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Akan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ewe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ga ⓘ
hasRegister	colloquial Ghanaian English ⓘ formal standard English ⓘ
hasSpellingStandard	British spelling conventions ⓘ
hasVariety	Ghanaian Pidgin English NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrigin	British colonial rule ⓘ
languageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch	West Germanic languages ⓘ
officialStatus	de facto official language of Ghana ⓘ
regulatedBy	Ghana Education Service policies ⓘ West African Examinations Council standards ⓘ
roleInSociety	language of higher education ⓘ language of national administration ⓘ language of socioeconomic mobility ⓘ
standardBasedOn	British English NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusComparedToIndigenousLanguages	high-prestige language ⓘ
taughtAs	subject in primary schools ⓘ subject in secondary schools ⓘ
usedAs	medium of instruction in secondary education ⓘ medium of instruction in tertiary education ⓘ
usedFor	interethnic communication ⓘ
usedIn	Ghanaian legal system ⓘ Parliament of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ national examinations ⓘ official documents ⓘ
usedInDomain	education ⓘ formal communication ⓘ government ⓘ judiciary ⓘ media ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Avatime language → coexistsWith → English in Ghana ⓘ

Gonja language → countryOfficialLanguageContext → English in Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: coexists with English as national official language of Ghana