Guang languages
| Guan | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Guan people |
| Geographic distribution | Ghana, Togo |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | guan1278 |
The Guan languages are languages of the Kwa language family spoken by the Guan people in Ghana and Togo:
- South Guan: Efutu, Cherepon, Gua, Larteh
- North Guan: Anii, Chumburung–Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo, Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, Krache, Nawuri, Nchumbulu, Nkonya–Nkami, Ntrapo, Vagala
History Of Guan[edit]
Ethnologue and Glottolog also list Dompo, but according to Blench (1999), that is better left unclassified.
Proto-Guang has been reconstructed by Snider (1990).[1]
See also[edit]
- List of Proto-Guang reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References[edit]
- ^ Snider, Keith L. 1990. The consonants of proto-Guan. Journal of West African languages 20(1), 3-26.
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