Gonja

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A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3
gjn
Alternate Names
Guang
Autonym
Ngbanyito
User Population

310,000 (2013 UNSD), increasing.

Location

Brong-Ahafo region: Kintampa North district, separate area west; Northern region: Volta lake upper basin.

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Language Status

4 (Educational). Recognized language (1951, Laws of the Gold Coast, Vernacular Literature Board Ordinance, as amended by Ordinance No. 44).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Guang, North Guang
Dialects

Gonja, Choruba (Choroba).

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Hanga [hag].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Taught in primary and secondary schools through grade 3 and as subject thereafter. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gonja
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1970.

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim.