| Guang | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Ghana, Togo |
| Ethnicity | Guang people |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | guan1278 |
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 Cherepon, Gua (Gwa), Larteh
- Northern Guang: dialects Anii, Chumburung–Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo, Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, Krache, Nawuri, Nchumbulu, Nkonya–Nkami, Ntrapo, Vagala
History Of Guan
Ethnologue and Glottolog also list Dompo, but according to Blench (1999), that is better left unclassified.
Proto-Guang has been reconstructed by Snider (1990).1
References
References
- Snider, Keith L. (1990). "The consonants of proto-Guan". Journal of West African Languages. 20 (1): 3–26.