Kplang | |
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Native to | Ghana |
Native speakers | 1,600 (2003) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kph |
Glottolog | kpla1238 [2] |
Kplang is a Guang language of Ghana. It is partially intelligible with Chumburung, especially with the neighboring dialect.
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi), Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means "Warrior King" in the Soninke language.
Chumburung is a Guang language spoken by 69,000 persons, mostly Chumburu by tribe and living in the Kingdom of Chumburung at both sides of the southwestern leg of Lake Volta in Ghana.
The Guang languages are languages of the Kwa language family spoken by the Guang people in Ghana and Togo:
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