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Video 1 min:23 sec, 2018. Mooré , also called More or Mossi , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official languages of Burkina Faso . It is the language of the Mossi people , spoken by approximately 6.46 million people in Burkina Faso , Ghana , Cote d’Ivoire , Benin , Niger , Mali , Togo , and Senegal as ...
Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. [1] It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify.
gumbo – from Bantu (Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo, meaning "okra") impala – from Zulu im-pala; impi – from Zulu language meaning war, battle or a regiment; indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – 'stories' or 'news' typically conflated with 'meeting' (often used in South African English) isango – Zulu meaning gateway
A Wolof speaker, recorded in Taiwan. Wolof (/ ˈ w oʊ l ɒ f / WOH-lof; [2] Wolof làkk, وࣷلࣷفْ لࣵکّ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in much of the West African subregion of Senegambia that is split between the countries of Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania.
Farefare or Frafra, also known by the regional name of Gurenne (Gurene), is a Niger–Congo language spoken by the Frafra people of northern Ghana, particularly the Upper East Region, and southern Burkina Faso.
In singular form, the subject and object may be identical in spelling but are assumed to have pronunciation differences. There is also a 1st person plural exclusive and inclusive for subject forms. Furthermore, there is a pronoun for 3rd person singular which is free of reference to any particular class.
Ewe (Eʋe or Eʋegbe [ɛβɛɡ͡bɛ]) [2] is a language spoken by approximately 5 million people in West Africa, mainly in Ghana and Togo. [1] Ewe is part of a group of related languages commonly called the Gbe languages.
The Nyingwom or Kam language is a Niger-Congo language spoken in eastern Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists speakers residing in the main villages of Mayo Kam and Kamajim in Bali LGA, Taraba State. [2] Lesage reports that Kam is spoken in 27 villages of Bali LGA. [3] Nyingwom was labeled as branch "G8" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language family ...