Nzema

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A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3
nzi
Alternate Names
Appolo, Nzima
Autonym
Nzema
User Population

299,000 in Ghana (2013 UNSD). Includes 27,800 Evalue (2013 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 412,000.

Location

Western region: Jomoro district.

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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, Central, Bia, Southern
Dialects

Evalue.

Language Use

Also use Akan [aka]. Used as L2 by Ahanta [aha], Jwira-Pepesa [jwi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Taught in primary and secondary schools through grade 3 and as subject thereafter. Bible: 1999.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nzema
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since about 1965.

Other Comments

Traditional religion.

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