Kwa languages
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kwa-languages-161-5570995
title:
Kwa languages
text:
The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory Coast, across southern Ghana, and in central Togo. The Kwa family belongs to the Niger-Congo phylum. The name was introduced in 1895 by Gottlob Krause and derives from the word for 'people' (Kwa) in many of these languages, as illustrated by Akan names. This branch consists of around 50 different languages spoken by about 25 million people. Some of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Proposed language family in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwa_languages
date created:
2003-06-10T16:57:07Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T10:05:05Z
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