Konni language

Konni
	Koma
Native to	Ghana
Ethnicity	Koma
Native speakers	3,800 (2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Savannas Gur Northern Oti–Volta Buli–Koma Konni; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kma
Glottolog	konn1242[2]

The Koma language, Konni, is a Gur language of Ghana. Yikpabongo the main village of the Konni people. Another village is Nangurima.[3]

Koma has vowel harmony. The nine vowel phonemes of Konni are grouped into two sets according to the ATR feature:[4]

Koma is related to Mampruli, Hanga and Buli.[5]

References

Konni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Konni". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Cahill, Mike (1994). "Diphthongization and underspecification in Kɔnni". UTA Working Papers in Linguistics. Texas Digital Library. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
"The World Atlas of Language Structures Online". Retrieved February 1, 2016.
Cahill, Michael (1992). "A Preliminary Phonology of the Konni Language". Journal of West African Languages - Institute of African Studies. University of Ghana: 2.

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