Dangme language

E155049

The Dangme language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Dangme people of southeastern Ghana, closely related to Ga and used in both everyday communication and local cultural practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dangme language canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kwa language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsTo Ga–Dangme branch of Kwa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ga language ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dangme people ⓘ
family Niger-Congo ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Adangme ⓘ
linked to: Adaŋgme

Adaŋgme ⓘ
Dangme ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of Dangme ethnic identity ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Ga language ⓘ
hasLinguisticType SVO word order ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguages Akan language ⓘ
Ewe language ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Ga language ⓘ
hasPhonologyFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
vowel harmony (in some analyses) ⓘ
hasScriptStandardization orthography developed in Ghana ⓘ
hasStandardizationBody Bureau of Ghana Languages (for orthography and publications) ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageIn none (not a national official language of Ghana) ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-1 none ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 ada ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 ada ⓘ
minoritySpeakersIn Togo (migrants and descendants) ⓘ
nativeSpeakersRegion Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
Volta Region of Ghana ⓘ
primaryCountry Ghana ⓘ
region southeastern Ghana ⓘ
spokenBy Dangme people ⓘ
status recognized Ghanaian language ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Kwa ⓘ
subgroup Ga–Dangme ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ
usedIn music ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedInEducation basic education in some Dangme-speaking areas ⓘ
usedInMedia local radio broadcasts ⓘ
usedInReligion Christian church services in Dangme areas ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Kwa languages → hasSubgroup → Dangme language ⓘ
Ga language → closelyRelatedTo → Dangme language ⓘ
Ga–Dangme languages → hasPart → Dangme language ⓘ
Ga–Dangme languages → closelyRelatedTo → Dangme language ⓘ
Ga-Adangbe → traditionalLanguage → Dangme language ⓘ
Dangme people → language → Dangme language ⓘ
Dangme → hasAlternativeName → Dangme language ⓘ
Shai → usesLanguage → Dangme language ⓘ
Shai people → language → Dangme language ⓘ