ADA ISO 639-3
Dangme
Dangme Autonym
A language of Ghana
- ISO 639
- ada
- Alternate Names
- Adaŋgbi, Adangme
- Autonym
- Dangme
- Population
- 1,020,000 (2013 UNSD).
- Location:
- Eastern region: Asuogyaman, East Akim municipal, Fanteukwa, Lower Manya Krobo, Upper Manya Krobo, New Juaben municipal, and Yilo Krobo municipal districts; Greater Accra region: Dangme East and West districts, southeast coast and inland; Volta region: North Tongu district.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1951, Laws of the Gold Coast, Vernacular Literature Board Ordinance, as amended by Ordinance No. 44).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Ga-Dangme
- Dialects
- Ada, Ningo, Osu, Shai, Gbugbla, Krobo.
- Language Use
- Also use English [eng].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible: 1999.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Dangme
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], used since 1966.
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Eastern region: Asuogyaman, East Akim municipal, Fanteukwa, Lower Manya Krobo, Upper Manya Krobo, New Juaben municipal, and Yilo Krobo municipal districts; Greater Accra region: Dangme East and West districts, southeast coast and inland; Volta region: North Tongu district.
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