Chumburung (Kyongborong, Nchimburu, Nchummuru) is a
Guang language
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
Larteh is a language of southeastern Ghana
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spoken by 69,000 persons, mostly Chumburu by tribe and living in the Kingdom of
Chumburung at both sides of the southwestern leg of
Lake Volta
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in
Ghana
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3,000 of these speak the Yeji (Yedji) dialect, which is quite divergent: no closer to Chumburung proper than
Kplang or
Krache are.
References
External links
Field research on the Chumburung language at SIL InternationalSongs in ChumburungNew Testament in ChumburungPublications describing the language
*http://www.northernghanapeoples.co.uk/
Guang languages
Languages of Ghana
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