The Guang languages are languages of the
Kwa language family
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spoken by the
Guang people in
Ghana
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and
Togo:
*Southern Guang
**
Efutu-Awutu
** Hill Guang: dialects
Cherepon,
Gua (Gwa),
Larteh
Larteh is a language of southeastern Ghana. It belongs to the Guang languages, Guang subgroup of the Niger–Congo languages and is spoken by about 74,000 people.
References
Guang languages
Languages of Ghana
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*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).
See also
*
List of Proto-Guang reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
Potou–Tano languages
Languages of Ghana
Languages of Togo
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