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...
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Gonja (also Ghanjawiyyu, endonym Ngbanya) is a member of the Guan ethnic group that live in Ghana. The Gonja established a kingdom in northern Ghana of...
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Ga, Nzema, Gonja, and Kasem. In April 2019, the Ghanaian government declared its intention to make French one of Ghana's official languages due to the...
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Gonja may refer to: The Gonja kingdom The Gonja people who live there Gonja language Ranjan Ramanayake East Gonja District North East Gonja District West...
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divided into 7 districts; Bole, Central Gonja, North Gonja, East Gonja, Sawla/Tuna/Kalba, West Gonja, North East Gonja and 7 Constituencies; Bole/Bamboi, Damongo...
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or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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Nnyamase-Gonja"; he appears to regard it as having been a dialect of Gonja. However, this is based only on the numerals, which are clearly related to Gonja. The...
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the Gonja language, but according to Blench (1999) does not appear to be directly related to it. Blench suggests three possibilities: it is a Gonja dialect...
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the zongo districts of major trade-towns up and down the previous Asante, Gonja and Dagomba kingdoms stretching from the sahel to coastal regions, in particular...
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(a government-sponsored language along with Ewe-Gbe, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Nzema, the official language is English) Amharic: Ethiopia...
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Gonja was a kingdom in present-day northern Ghana founded in 1675 by Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa. With the fall of the Songhai Empire (c. 1600), the Mande Ngbanya...
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North, The Gurunsi languages speaking peoples in the far North, The Gonjas in the Northern Region. English is the official language, with the indigenous...
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Gua is a Guang language spoken in many parts of Ghana including the Gonja, in the northern Savannah Region, the Nchumurus in the Northern, Oti and Bono...
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Guang: dialects Anii, Chumburung–Tchumbuli, Dwang, Foodo, Kyode, Ginyanga, Gonja, Kplang, Krache, Nawuri, Nchumbulu, Nkonya–Nkami, Ntrapo, Vagala Ethnologue...
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Akyode people who speak Gikyode, Anii, Krachi people Nkonya tribe, the Gonja, Anum, Larteh, Akposo, Etsii in the Central Region, Nawuri, Nyagbo and Ntsumburu...
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Choroba may refer to: Choroba or Choruba, a dialect of the Gonja language Choroba (surname) All pages with titles containing Choroba This disambiguation...
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the language, and it is not used by native speakers to refer to the language. The Tamprusi are located in the Savannah Region, in the North Gonja District...
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known as Lambishi Sisaala, is spoken in Tumu in the upper west Region and Gonja in the Northern Region. Paasaal, which is also known as Pasaale/Southern...
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The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...
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Dyula people (section Gonja state)
reaction of the Dyula in the Bono-Banda-Gonja region to these developments was to establish a kingdom of their own in Gonja – the territory northern traders...
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firm based in St. Louis County, Missouri gjn, the ISO 639-3 code for Gonja language, Ghana This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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is most probably borrowed from one of the surrounding Kwa languages (cf. Dangme làfá, Gonja kì-làfá, Ewe alafá). Rapp's implication of affinity between...
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former rugby footballer a ruler of the Northern state of Gonja, Ghana from 1983 to 1987 Timu language Temu (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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materials in them. It focuses on 11 languages: Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Ewe, Mfantse, Ga, Dangme, Nzema, Dagbani, Dagaare, Gonja and Kasem. The bureau provides...
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Yoruba people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
descendants continue to hold to this very day. In the popular 18th century Gonja Salaga Slave Market, the Yoruba residents of the town would not allow their...
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Larabanga (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
Larabanga (Arabic: لارابانجا) is a town in West Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of Ghana. It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian...
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Protection Society Golden Jubilee House Golden Stool Gologo festival Gonja language Gonja people Government of Ghana GSE All-Share Index GTV Gwintinli Health...
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Upper East Region) Gologo festival Gwolgu Munufie festival Jintigi (All Gonja Towns, Northern Region) Kente Festival (Bonwire, Ashanti Region) Kloyosikplem...
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Kassena people, "animgbo" by the Dagomba people, and the "gyilgo" by the Gonja people. Prof. J.K. Anquandah. "Ghana's Heart Beats with Music". Ghana National...
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Bikunuto Jewu Soale I, the paramount chief of the Gonja Kingdom. The languages spoken in Damongo include Gonja, Vagla, Hanga, Dagaare, Waale, Frafra, Kasim...
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