Language
Ga
Ga
Predicate Types
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Clause Types
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C Types
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Example Sentences
There are 411 example sentences.
Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Word order
| Consistently SVO |
General information about the language
ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
| gaa |
Language name
| Ga |
Dialect/variety reported
| Spoken in the capital city of Ghana, Accra and surrounding areas |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Ga-Dangme |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Niger-Congo |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Akua Agyei-Owusu Campbell |
Gender of consultant
| female |
Occupation
| Graduate Student (Linguistics) |
Language biography
| Ga is the native language of the consultant. She also speaks English. The consultant's father spoke Akan and English at home, and her mother spoke Ga and English. The consultant received school instruction in English. |
Learned language at age
| Mother Tongue |
Familiarity with the language
| native speaker |
Formal knowledge of the grammar
| specialized knowledge, e.g., as language teacher or linguist |
Who participated in the elicitation?
| Akua Agyei-Owusu Campbell and Ken Safir using the Anaphora Questionnaire |
Status of data in database
Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
| Data for entered sentences is incomplete |
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
| Data for markers incomplete |
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
| No new sentence data will be entered in the near future |