Nchumbulu language

Nchumbulu
Native to	Ghana
Native speakers	1,800 (2003)[3]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Kwa Nyo Potou–Tano Tano Guang North Nchumbulu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nlu
Glottolog	nchu1238[4]

Nchumbulu is a highly endangered language that is spoken in Ghana by the Brong Ahafo region west of Lake Volta near Kaplang and is spoken in three villages in the area.[1][2]

Classification

Nchumbulu is a Guang language of Ghana that is part of the North Guang subdivision of the language family.[5]

Resources

Batibo, H. (2004). The role of minority languages in education and development in Africa. The language web: Essays in honour of Victor Webb, 26-33.
Blench, R. (2007). Endangered languages in West Africa. Language diversity endangered
Goody, Jack R. (1963). Ethnological Notes on the distribution of the Guang Languages. Journal of African Languages 2. 173-189.
Edu-Buandoh, Dora Francisca. Multilingualism in Ghana: An ethnographic study of college students at the University of Cape Coast. ProQuest, 2006.

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References

Batibo, Herman Language Decline and Death in Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges (2005)
Nchumbulu Ethnologue
Nchumbulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nchumbulu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Ansah, M. A., & Agyeman, N. A. (2015). Ghana language-in-education policy: The survival of two South Guan minority dialects. In: Per Linguam 31(1), 89.

External links

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[1] Batibo, Herman Language Decline and Death in Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges (2005)

[2] Nchumbulu Ethnologue

[e18-3] Nchumbulu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nchumbulu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[5] Ansah, M. A., & Agyeman, N. A. (2015). Ghana language-in-education policy: The survival of two South Guan minority dialects. In: Per Linguam 31(1), 89.