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Gonja language

Gonja language
kɔkɔre, modern language
Aŋa yitaalombileGuang Kɔkɔɛ Maale eŋ
PaaloŋGhana Maale eŋ
Indigenous toBono East Region, Savannah Region, Volta Region, Savannah Maale eŋ
Linguistic typologysubject–verb–object Maale eŋ
Ethnologue language status4 Educational Maale eŋ

A Gonja[1] Kɔkɔre, ba naŋ boɔlɔ ka Ngbanya bee Ngbanyito,[2] eɛ a North Guang kɔkɔre. 230,000 Noba la yeli a kɔkɔre ŋa, kyɛ ba zaa yie la a Gonja kɔkɔ-kpɛgelɛ deme a northern Ghana poɔ. Yele na kyaare ne a Guang kɔkɔrɛɛ ama a south Ghana poɔ, Noba yaga yele la a kɔkɔre ŋa a northern region. A Brong-Ahafo ane Volta regions meŋ be la a south Gonja-yelebɛ a teŋɛŋ, kuɛ ka a Dagombas, Mamprussis ane Walas meŋ be la a north. [3][4]O eɛ kɔkɔ-kpɛgela a ko Gonja ane Choruba.

  1. https://www.ethnologue.com/25/language/gjn
  2. Mary E. Kropp Dakubu (ed.), The Languages of Ghana, page 77
  3. Language Guide (Gonja Version). Bureau of Ghana Languages, Accra, 1977-1988.
  4. Kropp Dakubu, M.E. (editor), The Languages of Ghana. Kegan Paul International, London, for the International African Institute. 1988.

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