Chumburung (Kyongborong, Nchimburu, Nchummuru) is a
Guang language
The Guan languages are languages of the Kwa language family spoken by the Guan people in Ghana and Togo:
*South Guan: Efutu, Cherepon, Gua, Larteh
*North Guan: Chumburung– Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo, Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, ...
spoken by 69,000 persons, mostly Chumburu by tribe and living in the Kingdom of
Chumburung
Chumburung is a kingdom and traditional area in the western part of Kpandae District in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is the homeland of the Chumburu, but Bassari, Gonjas, Kokombas and Nawuri(s) are also indigenous in the area. Land, howe ...
at both sides of the southwestern leg of
Lake Volta
Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area ...
in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
.
3,000 of these speak the Yeji (Yedji) dialect, which is quite divergent: no closer to Chumburung proper than
Kplang or
Krache are.
References
External links
Field research on the Chumburung language at SIL InternationalSongs in ChumburungNew Testament in ChumburungPublications describing the language
*http://www.northernghanapeoples.co.uk/
Guang languages
Languages of Ghana
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