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Ginyanga Language
Nyanga (''Ginyanga'') is a Guang language of Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its .... References Guang languages Languages of Togo {{kwa-lang-stub ...
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Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-commu ...
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Atlantic–Congo Languages
The Atlantic–Congo languages are the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the core of the Niger–Congo family hypothesis. They comprise all of Niger–Congo apart from Mande, Dogon, Ijoid, Siamou, Kru, the Katla and Rashad languages (previously classified as Kordofanian), and perhaps some or all of the Ubangian languages. Mukarovsky's West-Nigritic corresponded roughly to modern Atlantic–Congo. In the infobox, the languages which appear to be the most divergent are placed at the top.Roger BlenchNiger-Congo: an alternative view/ref> The Atlantic branch is defined in the narrow sense, while the former Atlantic branches Mel and the isolates Sua, Gola and Limba, are split out as primary branches; they are mentioned next to each other because there is no published evidence to move them; Volta–Congo is intact apart from Senufo and Kru. In addition, Güldemann (2018) lists Nalu Nalu may refer to: ...
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Kwa Languages
The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory Coast, across southern Ghana, and in central Togo. The name was introduced 1895 by Gottlob Krause and derives from the word for 'people' (''Kwa'') in many of these languages, as illustrated by Akan names. Languages See the box at right for a current classification. The various clusters of languages included in Kwa are at best distantly related, and it has not been demonstrated that they are closer to each other than to neighboring Niger–Congo languages. Stewart distinguished the following major branches, which historical-comparative analysis supports as valid groups: * Potou–Tano (including Akan) * Ga–Dangme * Na-Togo * ormerly Gbe (inclusion doubtful, as they show more features of Kwa the closer one moves to Akan) The Lagoon languages of southern Ivory Coast are not particularly close to any of these, nor to each other, ...
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Potou–Tano Languages
The Potou–Tano or Potou–Akanic languages are the only large, well-established branch of the Kwa family. They have been partially reconstructed historically by Stewart in 1989 and 2002.Stewart, John M. 2002. The potential of Proto-Potou-Akanic-Bantu as a pilot Proto-Niger-Congo, and the reconstructions updated. ''Journal of African Languages and Linguistics'' 23:197-224. Languages The Potou branch consists of two minor languages of Ivory Coast, Ebrié and Mbato. The Tano branch includes the major languages of SE Ivory Coast and southern Ghana, Baoulé and Akan Akan may refer to: People and languages *Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire *Akan language Akan () is a Central Tano languages, Central Tano language and the principal native language of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken .... *Potou (Potu) ** Ebrié ** Mbato *Tano (Akanic) ** Krobu **West Tano: Abure, Eotile ** Central Tano (Bia and the Akan language, the Akan languages) ** Guang See al ...
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Tano Languages
Tano may refer to Places ;Ghana/Ivory Coast * Tano North District and * Tano South District in Ghana, which make up ** Tano North (Ghana parliament constituency) and ** Tano South (Ghana parliament constituency) * Tano River or Tanoé River in Ghana and Ivory Coast * Tano, the Akan God of War and Strife ;Italy * Tano, Italy, a place in Campania ;Japan * Tano, Ehime, a former village in Ehime Prefecture, Japan * Tano, Kōchi, a town in Japan * Tano District, Gunma in Japan * Tano Station (other), either one of the train stations named thus, in Kōchi or in Miyazaki prefecture of Japan * Tano, Miyazaki, a former Japanese town, now part of the city of Miyazaki Other * Tano (name) *Tano Kami, Japanese spirit observing the harvest of rice plants * Ahsoka Tano, a Force-wielder in the ''Star Wars'' universe * An alternate name for the Arizona Tewa, a Pueblo group from Arizona * Bofoakwa Tano, a football team from Sunyani, Ghana * Tano languages, a group of Kwa language ...
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Guang Languages
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: Chumburung– Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo Foodo ( ISO 639-3 fod) is a Guang language spoken in and around the town of Sèmèrè in the north of Benin. There are approximately 37,000 speakers (taking the most recent estimate and adding the estimated 3.2% a year growth rate for Benin). ..., Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, Krache, Nawuri, Nchumbulu, Nkonya– Nkami, Ntrapo, Vagala, Sissala ''Ethnologue'' and ''Glottolog'' also list Dompo, but according to Blench (1999), that is better left unclassified. Proto-Guang has been reconstructed by Snider (1990).Snider, Keith L. 1990. The consonants of proto-Guan. ''Journal of West African languages'' 20(1), 3-26. See also * List of Proto-Guang reconstructions (Wiktionary) References Potou–Tano languages Languages of Ghana Languages of Togo { ...
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