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Adangme (also called '''Dangme'''), is a Kwa Language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by 800,000 people. Some sources list Adangbe as another name for the same language whereas Ethnologue lists it as a different language in the Left bank branch of the Kwa family, and it has a separate ISO 639-3 code of 'adq'. CLASSIFICATION Adangme is a Kwa Language , part of the Niger-Congo Family . It is very closely related to Ga , and together they form the Ga-Dangme branch within Kwa. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Adangme is spoken in Ghana by 800,000 people. There are six main dialects which co-incide with political divisions. The coastal dialects are Ada, Ningo and Prampram (Gbugbla). The inland dialects are Shai (S), Krobo (Klo) and Osudoku. PHONOLOGY Consonants
Vowels Adangme has 7 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels. Tones Adangme has three tones: high, mid and low. Like many West African languages, it has Tone Terracing . Phonotactics The possible syllable structures are V, CV, or CCV where the second consonant is . WRITING SYSTEM Adangme is written with a form of the Latin Alphabet . Tones and nasalisation are not normally written. Orthographic and phonemic correspondences include the following:
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