Gaa

Also Known As: Amina,Acra,Accra,Gain Description: The Ga language is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has a phonemic distinction between 3 vowel lengths. Ga is a Kwa language, part of the Niger-Congo family. It is very closely related to Adangme, and together they form the Ga-Dangme branch within Kwa. Ga is the name of the Tribe. Ga is the language spoken. Gamashie is the name of the capital of the Ga tribe in Ghana. Ga is spoken in south-eastern Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has relatively little dialectal variation. Although English is the official language of Ghana, Ga is one of 16 languages which the Bureau of Ghana Languages publishes material in. Ga has 31 consonant phonemes. Ga has 7 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels. All of the vowels have 3 different vowel lengths: short, long or extra long (the latter appears only in the simple future and the simple past negative forms). Ga has 2 tones, high and low. Like many West African languages, it has tone terracing. The syllable structure of Ga is (C)(C)V(C), where the second phoneme of an initial consonant cluster can only be /l/ and a final consonant may only be a (short or long) nasal consonant, e.g. ekome, "one", V-CV-CV; kakadaŋŋ,..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Ga Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/gaa/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Genesis Translation: 1 (download) (browse) Orthography: 1 (download) (browse) Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Ghana Spoken In: Regions: Africa ISO 639-2 Code: gaa ISO 639-3 Code: gaa Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Niger-Congo Group     Atlantic-Congo Group       Volta-Congo Group         Kwa Volta-Congo Group           Nyo Kwa Group             Ga-Dangme Group               Ga Language