Nchumbulu language

Nchumbulu is a highly endangered language that is spoken in Ghana by the Brong Ahafo region west of Lake Volta near Kaplang and is spoken in three villages in the area. [1] [2]

Classification

Nchumbulu
Native to Ghana
Native speakers
1,800 (2003)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nlu
Glottolog nchu1238[4]

Nchumbulu is a Guang language of Ghana that is part of the North Guang subdivision of the language family. [5]

Resources

References

  1. Batibo, Herman Language Decline and Death in Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges (2005)
  2. Nchumbulu Ethnologue
  3. Nchumbulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nchumbulu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  5. Ansah, M. A., & Agyeman, N. A. (2015). Ghana language-in-education policy: The survival of two South Guan minority dialects. In: Per Linguam 31(1), 89.

External Links

http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4622 http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/5372 http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/50335


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