Proposed language family in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo
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Not to be confused with Kwa of Cameroon or Kwa of Nigeria.
Kwa
New Kwa
Geographic distribution
Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo
Linguistic classification
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta–Congo
Kwa
Subdivisions
Potou–Tano
Ga–Dangme
Na-Togo (reduced)
Anii–Adele
Ka-Togo (reduced)
Kebu–Animere
Avikam–Alladian
Attié
Abé
Adjukru
Abidji
Apro
Glottolog
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Map showing the distribution of Niger–Congo languages. Light green is the Kwa subfamily.
The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory Coast, across southern Ghana, and in central Togo. The Kwa family belongs to the Niger-Congo phylum. The name was introduced 1895 by Gottlob Krause and derives from the word for 'people' (Kwa) in many of these languages, as illustrated by Akan names. This branch consists of around 50 different languages spoken by about 25 million people. Some of the largest Kwa languages are Ewe, Akan and Baule.
The Kwalanguages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...
languages which were used. All these languages belong to the Niger–Congo language family, though to several different branches. Akan, part of the Kwa...
Tula-Waja languages. The Kwalanguages are represented by the Gun group in the extreme southwest, which is affiliated to the Gbe languages in Benin and...
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actually related to the Kwa or Volta–Niger languages. However, Blench (2017) classified Ega as a fully Western Kwalanguage that has borrowed from Kru...
and Kabiyé - as national languages, meaning that they are promoted in formal education and the media. The two national languages tend to be used regionally...
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Kwah (Kwa), also known as Baa (Bàː), is a Niger–Congo language of uncertain affiliation; the more it has been studied, the more divergent it appears. Joseph...
The Guan languages are languages of the Kwalanguage family spoken by the Guan people in Ghana and Togo: South Guan: Efutu, Cherepon, Gua, Larteh North...
western Southeastern Gurunsi languages Cala and Dulo are influenced by Kwalanguages. The eastern Southeastern Gurunsi languages Bago and Kusuntu display...
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Esuma (Essouma) is an extinct language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family, once spoken in the villages of Assinie...
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(Alladyan, Allagia, Allagian) is one of the Lagoon languages of Ivory Coast. It is a Kwalanguage, closely related to Avikam, but otherwise its position...
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