Ga Language (gaa)

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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

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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

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  Niger-Congo Group

    Atlantic-Congo Group

      Volta-Congo Group

        Kwa Volta-Congo Group

          Nyo Kwa Group

            Ga-Dangme Group

              Ga Language