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.
anda, language, also, known, ganda, andu, mokar, makwar, afro, asiatic, language, spoken, about, people, gombi, local, government, area, adamawa, state, nigeria, many, speakers, live, across, length, breadth, nigeria, three, dialects, anda, gabun, boga, blench. 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 andaNative toNigeriaRegionAdamawa StateNative speakers 43 000 cited 1992 1 Language familyAfro Asiatic ChadicBiu MandaraTera A 1 Ga andaDialectsGabinLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code gqa class extiw title iso639 3 gqa gqa a Glottologgaan1243Blench 2019 lists Kaɓәn and Fәrtata as Ga anda varieties 3 Notes Edit Ga anda at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required 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 EditWorld 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 This article about a Biu Mandara language is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Nigeria related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ga 27anda language amp oldid 1127788749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
