Ga

Also known as Gã, Gã language, Ga language, gaa

Kwa language spoken in Ghana

Key facts

Pronunciation: [ ɡã ]
Native to: Ghana
Region: South-eastern Ghana , around Accra
Ethnicity: Ga
Native speakers: 745,000 (2016)
Language family: Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Kwa Ga–Dangme Ga
Writing system: Latin (Ga alphabet), Ghanaian braille
Official language in: None; Government-sponsored language in Ghana.
Iso 639 2: gaa
Iso 639 3: gaa
Glottolog: gaaa1244

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Samuel Okpoti speaking Ga in Ghana.

Gã, also spelled Ga or Gan, is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family, spoken in Ghana, mainly in and around the capital Accra, by the Gã people. It is very closely related to Dangme, and together they form the Gã–Dangme branch. There are also some speakers in Togo, Benin and western Nigeria. It has a phonemic distinction between three vowel lengths.