Hanga | Ethnologue

A language of Ghana

ISO 639: hag
Alternate Names: Anga
Autonym: Haŋa
Population: 6,800 (2003 GILLBT), increasing. 4,100 in the traditional area, 2,700 elsewhere.
Location:: Northern region: Damongo district southeast of Mole Game Reserve; Murugu is largest village.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Southeast
Dialects: Northern Hanga, Southern Hanga. Kamara [jmr] is a separate language. Subdialects of Southern Hanga are Langantere, Murugu, Damongo; subdialects of Northern Hanga are Yazori and Bowena. Lexical similarity: 84% with Southern Dagaare [dga] and Farefare [gur].
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. Also use Gonja [gjn].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Literature. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1983.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Hanga
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 1981.
Other Comments: Politically a subgroup of the Gonja.

Location: Northern region: Damongo district southeast of Mole Game Reserve; Murugu is largest village.