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Gurunsi Languages
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, comprising about 20 languages spoken by the Gurunsi peoples. The Grũsi languages are spoken in northern Ghana, adjacent areas of Burkina Faso and Togo. 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, Lama, Delo, Bago-Kusuntu, Chala *Northern: Lyélé, Nuni, Kalamsé, Pana, Kasem *Western: Winyé, Deg, Phuie, Paasaal– Sisaala, Chakali, Siti, Tampulma, Vagla According to Kleinewillinghöfer ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurunsi Peoples
The Gurunsi, or Grunshi, are a set of related ethnic groups inhabiting northern Ghana and south and central Burkina Faso. Pre-colonial history and origins Oral traditions of the Gurunsi hold that they originated from the western Sudan passing through the Sahel. While it is unknown when the migration occurred, it is believed that the Gurunsi were present in their current location by 1100 AD. Following the 15th century, when the Mossi Kingdoms, Mossi states were established to the north, Mossi horsemen often raided Gurunsi areas for slaves, but the Gurunsi peoples were never fully subjugated, remaining independent. According to doctor Salif Titamba Lankoande, in ''Noms de famille (Patronymes) au Burkina Faso'', the name Gurunsi comes from the Zarma language, Djerma language of Niger words “Guru-si”, which means “iron does not penetrate”. It is said that during the Djerma invasions of Gurunsi lands in the late 19th century, a Djerma jihadist leader by the name of Baba At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuni Language
Nuni is the Gur language continuum of the Nuna people of Burkina Faso. The northern and southern varieties are not mutually intelligible In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between different but related language varieties in which speakers of the different varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. Mutual intellig .... References Languages of Burkina Faso Gurunsi languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 phylum. The name was introduced in 1895 by Gottlob Krause and derives from the word for 'people' (''Kwa'') in many of these languages, as illustrated by Akan names. This branch consists of around 50 different languages spoken by about 25 million people. Some of the largest Kwa languages are Ewe, Akan and Baule. Languages See the box at right for a current classification. The various clusters of languages included in Kwa are at best distantly related, and it has not been demonstrated that they are closer to each other than to neighboring Niger–Congo languages. Stewart distinguished the following major branches, which historical-comparative analysis supports as valid groups: * Potou–Tano (including Akan) * Ga–Dangme * Na-Togo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagla Language
Vagla is a Gurunsi ( Gur) language of Ghana with about 14,000 speakers. It is spoken in a number of communities around the western area of Northern Region, Ghana. Such communities includes: Bole, Sawla, Tuna, Soma, Gentilpe, and Nakwabi. The people who speak this language are known as Vaglas, one of the indigenous tribes around that part of the Northern Region, which were brought under the Gonja local administration system "Gonjaland" by British Colonial Rulers under their Centralised System of Governance. Phonology Consonants Vowels * Blench uses , which is described as a -ATR counterpart of ., citing . * All vowels can be long or short. Two similar vowels are not treated as a long vowel due to tone patterns. Tones Vagla has four tones: rising, falling, and two level tones. It also has downstep Downstep is a phenomenon in tone languages in which if two syllables have the same tone (for example, both with a high tone or both with a low tone), the second syllable is lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampulma Language
Tampulma, anglicized as Tamprusi is a Mabia language (formerly Gur) of Ghana. It is primarily spoken in the Savannah Region. It is related to the languages of Deg, Sisaala and Vagla. Etymology Tampulma refers to the language, while Tamprusi refers to the people. The general and accepted name for the language is Tampulma. The name Tamprusi Is mostly used to refer to the ethnic group who speak the language, and it is not used by native speakers to refer to the language. Geographic distribution The Tamprusi are located in the Savannah Region, in the North Gonja District, along with the Gonja people and in the Mamprusi District, along with the Mamprusi people. The Tampulma, Hanga and Kamara are native to the west of the White Volta before the Gonja Invasion of Dagbon in the 1600s. Today, the Tamprusi, Hanga, and Kamara are part of the Gonja Traditional Council, although they are more ethnically related to the Dagombas, as they all belong to the Mabia ethnic Group. Linguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siti Language
Sιtι (Sitigo) is a Gurunsi ( Gur) language of Ghana. It has been mistaken for a dialect of Vagla.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices References Languages of Ghana Gurunsi languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakali Language
Chakali (tʃàkálɪ́ɪ́) is a Gur language of Ghana, spoken by almost 3,500 individuals in several villages in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region. More specifically, Chakali is spoken by inhabitants of the Tiisa, Sogla, Tousa, Motigu, Ducie, Katua and Gurumbele villages. The majority of Chakali speakers also speak Wali or Bulengi. Some believe that the language of Chakali is soon to be extinct, with Wali and Bulengi becoming the only languages that will be spoken in those villages. Phonology Chakali phonology is typical of Gur languages, with tone, vowel harmony, and labial–velar consonant. The majority of Chakali's syllables fall into one of three categories C(consonant)V(vowel), CVC and CVV. All the other syllable combinations found in Chakali are extremely rare and are not found in the middle syllable of a word. Vowels Chakali contrasts long and short vowels, as well as advanced and retracted tongue root vowels, which play a role in vowel harmony. While ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisaala Language
Sisaala (''Sissala'') is a Gur language cluster spoken in northern Ghana near the town of TumuEdited by M.E.Kropp Dakubu, ''The Languages of Ghana'', Kegan Paul International, 1988. and in the neighbouring republic of Burkina Faso. Western Sisaala is intermediate between Sisaali and Tumulung Sisaala. Paasaal is similar and also called (Southern) Sisaala. Distribution Sisaala is spoken by the Sissala. The Sisaala in Ghana live in the Northern Region, in the Upper East Region and in the Upper West Region. Burkina Faso’s Sissili Province is named after the Sissala people. Dialects Tumulung Sisaala, which is also known as Eastern Sisaala, is spoken East of Tumu in the Upper West region and Builsa in the Upper East Region. Its name derives from the city of Tumu, which is the traditional capital of the Sisaala people. Western Sisaala, which is also known as Lambishi Sisaala, is spoken in Tumu in the upper west Region and Gonja in the Northern Region. Paasaal, which is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paasaal Language
Paasaal, or Pasaale Sisaala (Southern Sisaala) is a Gur language of Ghana, with a thousand speakers in Ivory Coast. The two dialects, Gilbagala and Pasaali, are part of a dialect continuum A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of Variety (linguistics), language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulat ... that continues on into Sisaala. References Languages of Ghana Gurunsi languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puguli Language
Puguli or Phuie (Pwĩẽ) is the language of the Phuo people. It is spoken in Burkina Faso. Writing System Nasalization is indicated with a tilde The tilde (, also ) is a grapheme or with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish , which in turn came from the Latin , meaning 'title' or 'superscription'. Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in ...: ã ẽ ɛ̃ ĩ ɩ̃ õ ɔ̃ ũ ʋ̃. The tilde is not indicated in the presence of a nasal consonant or when the first nasalized vowel is indicated. The high tone, the most frequent, is not indicated. The low tone is indicated with the grave accent: à è ɛ̀ ì ɩ̀ ò ɔ̀ ù ʋ̀ ã̀ ẽ̀ ɛ̃̀ ĩ̀ ɩ̃̀ ɔ̃̀ õ̀ ɔ̃̀ ũ̀ ʋ̃̀ and the low high tone is indicated with an acute accent: á é ɛ́ í ɩ́ ó ɔ́ ú ʋ́ ã́ ẽ́ ɛ̃́ ĩ́ ɩ̃́ ṍ ɔ̃́ ṹ ʋ̃́. References Languages of Burkina Faso Gurunsi languages {{BurkinaFas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deg Language
Deg (also known as Aculo, Buru, Degha, Janela, Mmfo, or Mo) is a Gur ( Gurunsi) language of 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 ..., with also 1,100 speakers in Ivory Coast. Vagla is a related language. References Languages of Ghana Gurunsi languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winyé Language
Winyé, or Kolsi, is a Gur language 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 .... Speakers are largely monolingual. References Languages of Burkina Faso Gurunsi languages {{gur-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |