Native to Ghana Ethnicity Gonja people ISO 639-3 gjn | Region Northern Ghana Native speakers 230,000 (2004) | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Kwa
Potou–Tano
Tano
Guang
Gonja | ||
The Gonja language is a North Guang language spoken by an estimated 230,000 people, almost all of whom are of the Gonja ethnic group of northern Ghana. Related to Guang languages in the south of Ghana, it is spoken by about a third of the population in the northern region. The Brong-Ahafo and Volta regions lie to the south of the Gonja-speaking area, while Dagombas, Mamprussis and Walas are to the north. Its dialects are Gonja and Choruba.
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Alphabet
Vowels used are: a,e,i,o,ɔ,u,ɛ. Consonants include: ch [tʃ], ŋm, ny, gb, kp, sh [ʃ].
Pronouns
Personal pronouns as subject of the sentence:
References
Gonja language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA