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...
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Kwa or KWA may refer to: Kwah language, spoken in Nigeria Kwa' language, spoken in Cameroon Kwa languages (or New Kwa), a disputed Niger–Congo subfamily...
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Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70...
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languages which were used. All these languages belong to the Niger–Congo language family, though to several different branches. Akan, part of the Kwa...
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The Central Tano or Akan languages are languages of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by...
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Tula-Waja languages. The Kwa languages are represented by the Gun group in the extreme southwest, which is affiliated to the Gbe languages in Benin and...
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70 or so indigenous languages fall into five main branches of the Niger–Congo family. In the southeastern quadrant are Kwa languages, some such as Baoulé...
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languages were traditionally placed in the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo languages, but more recently have been classified as Volta–Niger languages....
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and Adamawa–Ubangi languages, which apart from Ubangian are now linked together as Savannas. Other branches are Kru, Senufo, Kwa, and Benue–Congo, which...
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Of those, French is the official language, and most of the indigenous languages are considered national languages. Benin is a Francophone country, and...
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Ga–Dangme is a branch of the Kwa language family. Ga–Dangme is made up of just two languages: Ga and Dangme. They are closely related and have sometimes...
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The Potou–Tano or Potou–Akanic languages are the only large, well-established branch of the Kwa family. They have been partially reconstructed historically...
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Senufo languages are bounded to the west by Mande languages, to the south by Kwa languages, and to the north and east by Central Gur languages. The Senufo...
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The Dangme language, also Adangme, Dangbe or Adaŋgbi, is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangme people (Dangmeli). They are part of...
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Kwaʼ (Bakwa) is a minor Bamileke language of Cameroon. Kwaʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e v t e...
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They are part of the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. Bernhard Struck, in 1912, was the first to group together these languages under the label Semibantu...
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Ga is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra, by the Ga people. There are also some speakers in Togo, Benin and Western Nigeria...
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Akan (category Language and nationality disambiguation pages)
Akan languages, a language group within the wider Central Tano languages Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan Central Tano languages, a language...
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The Guang languages are languages of the Kwa language family spoken by the Guang people in Ghana and Togo: Southern Guang Efutu-Awutu Hill Guang: dialects...
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The Gonja language, properly called Ngbanya or Ngbanyito, is a Tano language within the Kwa languages family, closely related to Akan languages. Most Gonja...
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Kwah (Kwa), also known as Baa (Bàː), is a Niger–Congo language of uncertain affiliation; the more it has been studied, the more divergent it appears. Joseph...
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and Kabiyé - as national languages, meaning that they are promoted in formal education and the media. The two national languages tend to be used regionally...
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The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa. The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label...
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a possible Kwa language; Blench (2012) notes that it "may either be an isolate with [Kwa] borrowings or a highly divergent branch of Kwa". Blench, Roger...
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San Andrés–Providencia Creole (redirect from Islander Creole English language)
expressions from Spanish and African languages, particularly Kwa languages (especially Twi and Ewe) and Igbo languages. The language is also known as "San Andrés...
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Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. The speakers themselves, the Adele people, call the language Gidire. In Ghana, the...
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western Southeastern Gurunsi languages Cala and Dulo are influenced by Kwa languages. The eastern Southeastern Gurunsi languages Bago and Kusuntu display...
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(2017) classifies Ega as a Western Kwa language that has borrowed from Kru, Gur, and Mande. Like other Western Kwa languages, traditional story-telling among...
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commonly referred to as Ghana–Togo Mountain languages. The dozen or so Ghana–Togo Mountain languages are part of the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. The...
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a Kwa language of the Central Tano branch, forming a dialect continuum with Anyin and closely related to Nzema and Sehwi. It is the common language of...
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