Ga'anda language
Ga (also known as Ganda, Ga'andu, Mokar, Makwar) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 500,000 people in the Gombi Local Government Area in Adamawa state of Nigeria. Many speakers live across the length and breadth of Nigeria. It has three dialects, Ga'anda, Gabun and Boga; Blench (2006) classifies Gabun is a separate language.[2] Its speakers are generally not monolingual in Ga'anda, instead, they use Hausa, Lala, Hona, Kilba, Fulfulde, and Bura. Ga'anda has a rich cultural heritage, its natives are very hospitable people. 70% of its population are Christians, 20% Muslims and 10% Traditionalists.
| Ga'anda | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (43,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gqa |
| Glottolog | gaan1243 |
Blench (2019) lists Kaɓәn and Fәrtata as Ga’anda varieties.[3]
Notes
- Ga'anda at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
References
- World Atlas of Language Structures entry for Ga'anda
- Roxana Ma Newman. 1971. "A Case Grammar of Ga'anda," University of California at Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
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