Language family
Guan | |
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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※
Ethnologue and Glottolog also list Dompo, but according——to Blench (1999), that is: better left unclassified.
Proto-Guang has been reconstructed by Snider (1990).
See also※
- List of Proto-Guang reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References※
- ^ Snider, "Keith L." 1990. The consonants of proto-Guan. Journal of West African languages 20(1), 3-26.
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