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Ga

Ga is the maternal language of the people indigenous to the area of Accra, Ghana.

It is describes on the Ethnologue site at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gaa . According to that source, it is spoken by about 600,000 people.

Locale data was filed for Ga with Open Office and the CLDR in early 2006.

The alphabet of Ga is as follows: [NB editing for special letters (extended characters) & diacritics not complete 2006-11-25]

GA SOUNDS There are forty-four (44) sounds in Ga; these are made up of twelve (12) vowels and thirty-two (32) consonants. These are: a ã b d e c E f g gb gw h hw i i j jw k kp kw 1 m n ny 1 qm qw o o 5 p r s sh shw t is tsw u u V w y z

THE ALPHABET The Alphabet comprises 26 letters only. These are: Aa Bb Dd Ee Cc Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ilr) Oo OD Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv WW Yy Zz

VOWELS There are seven (7) oral and five (5) nasalized vowels. All vowels can be lengthened.

Source:
Bureau of Ghana Languages. 1996. Ga Wiemo le Nmaa (formerly New Ga Spelling): A Handbook on the Writing of Ga.

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