Ga-Dangme languages

Ga-Dangme languages

Infobox Language family
name=Ga-Dangme
region=Ghana and Togo
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Kwa

Ga-Dangme is a branch of the Nyo family within the Kwa language family. Ga-Dangme is made up of just two languages: Ga and Adangme. They are closely related and have sometimes been considered as a single language. There are many similarities in the basic vocabulary. There are also many words which are different, and grammatical differences, particularly in the verb phrase. Where they differ, Adangme is usually closer to the original Proto-Ga-Dangme than Ga.

References

*cite book | title=The Languages of Ghana | location=London | publisher=Kegan Paul International for the International African Institute | year=1988 | editor=M. E. Kropp Dakubu | id=ISBN 0-7103-0210-X


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