The Grũsi or Gurunsi languages, also known as the East Mabia languages, Bodomo, Adams. 2020.
Mabia: Its Etymological Genesis, Geographical Spread, and some Salient Genetic Features
" In: Bodomo A., Abubakari H. & Issah, S. 2020. ''Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa''. Galda Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 400 pages, ISBN 978-3-96203-117-6 (Print) ISBN 978-3-96203-118-3 (E-Book) are a group of

Gur languages The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivor ...

, comprising about 20 languages spoken by the Gurunsi peoples. The Grũsi languages are spoken in northern

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

, adjacent areas of

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

and

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

. The largest language in the Grusi group is Kabiye, a language spoken by approximately 1.2 million people (of which 550,000 are native speakers) throughout central Togo.

Languages

*Eastern: Lukpa, Kabiyé, Tem,

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, Bago-Kusuntu,

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*Northern: Lyélé, Nuni, Kalamsé, Pana, Kasem *Western: Winyé, Deg, Phuie, Paasaal– Sisaala, Chakali,

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, Tampulma, Vagla According to Kleinewillinghöfer (2002), the western Southeastern Gurunsi languages Cala and Dulo are influenced by

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 Kwa family belongs to the Niger-Congo ...

. The eastern Southeastern Gurunsi languages Bago and Kusuntu display less external influences, but have some influence from

Yoruboid languages Yoruboid is a language family composed of the Igala language, Igala group of dialects spoken in south central Nigeria, and the Edekiri languages subdivided into the Ede language, Ede group (which includes Yoruba) spoken in a band across Togo, Gha ...

.Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2002
Kontaktphänomene im Südost-Gurunsi
In: ''Aktuelle Forschungen zu afrikanischen Sprachen'', 63-92. Köln.

References

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Languages

See also

References