Language

Ga

Ga

Anaphoric markers

NameDescriptionAnswerset
1Null Object PronounMissing object interpreted as pronounGaSections: Marker_shape(1), Readings(1)

2Null Object REFLMissing object interpreted as reflexiveGaSections: Marker_shape(2), Structural_context(2), Readings(3)

3pronounsimplex pronounGaDetails
4pronoun-BODYpronoun-bodyGaSections: Marker_shape(14), Readings(3)

5Pronoun-Intensifier + Pronoun-heGaSections: Marker_shape(12)

Example Sentences

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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