Gonja
Gonja is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana.
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The Gonja language, properly called Ngbanya or Ngbanyito, is a North Guang language spoken by an estimated 230,000 people, almost all of whom are of the Gonja ethnic group of northern Ghana. Related to Guang languages in the south of Ghana, it is spoken by about a third of the population in the northern region. The Brong-Ahafo and Volta regions lie to the south of the Gonja-speaking area, while Dagombas, Mamprussis and Walas are to the north. Its dialects are Gonja and Choruba.
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Written down
Bu kurwe dimedi kikɛ mobe kumu so, nɛ mobe, eyilikpa, kesheŋ nɛ kashinteŋ maŋ kɔr eko peyɛ to. Nyinpela sa dimedi kikɛ lakal nɛ mfɛra fanɛ bu chena abarso kelepo so.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Gonja
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 5iNgbasa* | |
| name | t3ri* | |
| eye | niSi* | |
| ear | su* | |
| nose | Nmuna* | |
| tooth | 5i* | |
| tongue | dunduloN* | |
| blood | kalaN* | |
| bone | wubi* | |
| skin | wul7* | |
| knee | Nmuli7* | |
| breast | 5apu* | |
| water | Cu* | |
| fire | dE7* | |
| sun | peNi* | |
| star | CikpEbi* | |
| stone | jEmbu* | |
| tree | dibi* | |
| leaf | fantaN* | |
| night | 5eso* | |
| dog | jono* | |
| fish | korto* | |
| louse | m3n3bi* | |
| two | a5o* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | fo* | |
| we | a5i* | |
| drink | nu7* | |
| see | wu* | |
| hear | nu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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