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Dangbe
Dangbe
Region
South-eastern Ghana, east of Accra
Ethnicity
Dangbe
Native speakers
1,020,000 (2013)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta-Congo
Kwa
Ga-Dangme
Dangbe
Writing system
Latin (Dangbe alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Ghana
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ada
ISO 639-3
ada
Glottolog
adan1247
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The Dangme language, also Dangme or Adaŋgbi, is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangme People (Dangmeli). The Dangmeli are part of the larger Ga-Dangme ethnic group. Klogbi is a variant, spoken by the Kloli (Klo or Krobo People). Kropp Dakubu (1987) is the most thorough grammar of the language.
The Dangmelanguage, also Dangme or Adaŋgbi, is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangme People (Dangmeli). The Dangmeli are part of...
Asante Twi and Fante) and two Mole-Dagbani ethnic languages (Dagaare and Dagbanli). The others are Ewe, Dangme, Ga, Nzema, Gonja, and Kasem. In April 2019,...
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...
official language is French) Akan (Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Fante): Ghana (a government-sponsored language along with Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga...
Akan) Ga–Dangme Na-Togo [formerly] Gbe (inclusion doubtful, as they show more features of Kwa the closer one moves to Akan) The Lagoon languages of southern...
Turkey Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, novel by Vladimir Nabokov Dangmelanguage, spoken in Ghana (ISO 639-2 and 639-3 code "ada") Ada Health GmbH,...
the Development of Agriculture (A.D.A.), a system of counting years Dangmelanguage (ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 codes) Asociación Deportiva Agropecuaria,...
2019-07-06. "Accra College of Education admits students for Ga and Dangmelanguages". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-02-15. "Learning Hub - T-TEL". t-tel...
(Dangbe), which is a variant of the name Adangme (Dangme). It is not included in the list of GTM languages maintained by Roger Blench, unless it is a variety...
the highest population density in the country. The Ga sub-group of the Ga-Dangme people is the historical population of Accra. They form the largest ethnic...
neighbored mainly by other Kwa languages, except for the east and north-east, where Yorùbá is spoken. To the west, Ga–Dangme, Guang and Akan are spoken....
Dangme East District is a former district that was located in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988...
Ga Dangme to relocate to Agortime area to join their kinsmen there. Ewe Fla:wo Phla/ Phera people Phla/Phera belongs to the Gbe (Tadoid) language cluster...
Mole-Dagbani ethnic languages (Dagaare and Dagbanli). The rest are Ewe, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, and Kasem, Hausa. Ghana has more than seventy native ethnic...
Nzema, which is less intelligible with the above) Dangme Ewe Ga Guan Kasem Mole-Dagbani languages (Dagaare and Dagbanli) Of these, Asante Twi is the...
with Ewe and are regarded as dialects of Ewe. Remotely related: Yoruba, Ga-Dangme Sylvanus Olympio - First President of Republic of Togo Jerry John Rawlings...
numeral and is most probably borrowed from one of the surrounding Kwa languages (cf. Dangme làfá, Gonja kì-làfá, Ewe alafá). Rapp's implication of affinity...
Mary E. 1986. "Downglide, floating tones and non-WH questions in Ga and Dangme." The Phonological Representation of Suprasegmentais, ed. by Koen Bogers...
Akplidzi)' is a Ghanaian GaDangme (or Ga) dish prepared by heat mixing (or blending) roasted corn flour with a sacred GaDangme soup called Palm Nut Soup...
actually Wɔyaya (with an open-o), which comes from the Ghanaian Ga language of the Ga-Dangme people and translates as "We are going". The title song was covered...
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