Ga language

E155048

The Ga language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Ga people in and around Accra, the capital of Ghana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ga language canonical 35

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kwa language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dangme language ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ga people ⓘ
family Niger–Congo ⓘ
glottocode gali1262 ⓘ
glottologName Ga ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers hundreds of thousands ⓘ
hasConsonantInventory rich set of oral consonants ⓘ
hasDialects rural Ga ⓘ
urban Ga ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature noun class remnants ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Akan language (moderate) ⓘ
Ewe language (moderate) ⓘ
hasOrthographyStandardizedBy Bureau of Ghana Languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ
hasStandardForm Accra-based standard Ga ⓘ
hasStatus indigenous language of Ghana ⓘ
hasSVOOrder true ⓘ
hasVowelInventory multiple vowel qualities with length distinctions ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Benin ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
ISO639-1 gaa ⓘ
ISO639-2 gaa ⓘ
ISO639-3 gaa ⓘ
languageBranch Ga–Dangme branch ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Kwa languages of southern Ghana ⓘ
nativeName Gã ⓘ
primaryRegion Accra ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the major Ghanaian languages ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Kwa ⓘ
subgroup Ga–Dangme ⓘ
usedAs vernacular language in Accra ⓘ
usedIn Ga festivals ⓘ
Ga traditional choral music ⓘ
local media in Accra ⓘ
traditional Ga religion ⓘ
usedInEducation some primary schools in Ghana ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kwa languages → hasSubgroup → Ga language ⓘ
Ga people → language → Ga language ⓘ
Dangme language → closelyRelatedTo → Ga language ⓘ
Ga–Dangme languages → hasPart → Ga language ⓘ
Ga-Dangme → language → Ga language ⓘ
Homowo festival → languageContext → Ga language ⓘ
Ga Bible → language → Ga language ⓘ
kpanlogo dance → hasLanguageContext → Ga language ⓘ
Ga-Adangbe → traditionalLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Ga-Dangme people → language → Ga language ⓘ
West Africans → speaksLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Southern Ghana → hasLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Gaa → represents → Ga language ⓘ
subject linked to: gaa
Gaa → codeFor → Ga language ⓘ
subject linked to: gaa
Adaŋgme → isCloselyRelatedTo → Ga language ⓘ
Adaŋgme → hasNeighborLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Twi language → hasNeighborLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Ga-Adangbe peoples → language → Ga language ⓘ
Gold Coast (Ghana) → languageUsed → Ga language ⓘ
Kpeshie → languageUsed → Ga language ⓘ
Ga Christians → language → Ga language ⓘ
Ga State → hasLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
King of the Ga → ceremonialLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Ga Traditional Area → hasLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Bukom area → hasLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Osu Mantse → hasTitleLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Osu (Ga) → hasLanguage → Ga language ⓘ
Nii → languageOfOrigin → Ga language ⓘ
Quaye → languageOfOrigin → Ga language ⓘ
Addo → usedInLanguage → Ga language ⓘ