Guan languages
E620763
The Guan languages are a group of related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in Ghana and neighboring parts of West Africa.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areEndangered | some member languages ⓘ |
| areMinorityLanguagesIn | Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | Guan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf | comparative Niger–Congo linguistic research ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established within Kwa branch ⓘ |
| countryPrimaryDistribution | Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | guan1278 ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Anum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bassa (Guan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chumburung NERFINISHED ⓘ Dompo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dwang NERFINISHED ⓘ Foodo NERFINISHED ⓘ Gikyode NERFINISHED ⓘ Gonja NERFINISHED ⓘ Krache NERFINISHED ⓘ Krachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyerepong NERFINISHED ⓘ Larteh NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawuri ⓘ Nchumbulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
North Guan languages
ⓘ
South Guan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPresence | pre-Akan populations in parts of Ghana ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | member languages have individual ISO 639-3 codes ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
noun class remnants in some languages
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology in some languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamilies |
Akan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ewe–Gbe languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Kwa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local administration in some districts of Ghana
ⓘ
oral literature and storytelling ⓘ traditional religion and rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystems | Latin script (for several languages) ⓘ |
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