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THE COMPLETE LIST OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN GHANA

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  During my Ghana tour in writing the book, KNOW GHANA BETTER , I had encounters with several different languages and I thought it wise to share with you all since it may be very necessary. But mind you, this article is copyright protected so please, do not extract this information for selfish gains without seeking permission from the author of the book  KNOW   GHANA   BETTER and the administrator of these Youtube channels, Huniah-Yourhighness Tv and DISCOVER GUANS WITH HUNIAH . Now, the total list of languages could be debatable for the fact that there are dialects within languages and some dialects could be seperate languages on their own. Thus, in this writeup, I only present the raw facts as I have found them and it is up to the reader to make his/her own judgements. THE LIST OF ALL LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN GHANA Greater-Accra Region 1. Ga 2. Dangme (dialects: Klogbi (Krobo), Gbugblã (Prampram), Ada gbi) Cental Region 3. Fante (dialects: Gomoa, Agona, T'di Fante, ...
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Habitual markers in the Ga language

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In Ga, unlike English has habitual markers which conveys certain meanings deemed as permanent. How do I mean? 1. He is a doctor 2. She is a good person 3. Nii is light skinned 4. They are Africans 5. Every evening, Ataa Ago goes to church 6. My grandma wakes up at 8am on a daily basis These expressions describe who you are and not just a temporary state of yours. In English, it can be seen as existing in various formats: one is a past mood whiles the other in a present mood. For the past mood. - She used to eat before going to bed - We used to be bad people - They use to come here to check up on me In Ga, to form an habitual tense, we employ these souns "a" and "or"  to help us convey those meanings. When the verb ends with "a", the habutual marker is "a". Any other sound, we use the "". For example eye nii - he/she ate eeye nii - he/she is eating eye ɔ nii - he/she eats (all the time) The expression " eye ɔ nii " can play 2 m...
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