Gua language

Gua
Gua
Native to	Ghana
Native speakers	60,000 (2003)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Guang South Guang Gua; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Anu (Anum); Boso;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gwx
Glottolog	guaa1238

Gua is a Guang language spoken in many parts of Ghana including the Gonja, in the northern Savannah Region, the Nchumurus in the Northern, Oti and Bono East Regions, the people of Larteh, Okere, Anum and Boso, the people of Winneba, Senya Beraku, Buem, Achode, Nkonya, Krachi, Santrokofi, Adele and Wuripong all in the Oti Region.

Phonology

Gua has nine phonemic oral vowels and seven phonemic nasal vowels. There are four allophonic vowels produced by ATR harmony.^[2]

1 2 3 4 /ẽ/, /õ/, /ɜ/, and /ɜ̃/ are +ATR allophonic variants of /ɛ̃/, /ɔ̃/, /a/, and /ã/ respectfully.

Gua consonants^[3]
		Labial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Labial-velar		Glottal
		plain	labial	plain	labial	plain	labial	plain	labial	plain	labial	plain	labial
Nasal		m		n		ɲ		ŋ	ŋʷ	ŋm	ŋmʷ
Plosive/Affricate	Voiceless	p		t		tɕ	tɕʷ	k	kʷ	kp
Plosive/Affricate	Voiced	b	bʷ	d	dʷ	dʑ		g	gʷ	gb
Fricative		f	fʷ	s								h	hʷ
Approximant				l	lʷ	j					w
Trill				r

Gua has two basic tones, high and low.

Downstep occurs in High-Low-High tone sequences.^[2]

↑ Gua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 Obiri-Yeboah, Michael; Rose, Sharon (2021-04-13). "Vowel harmony and phonological phrasing in Gua". Springer Nature. 40: 159-193. doi:10.1007/s11049-021-09509-y.
↑ Obiri, Michael Yeboah (2013). "Aspects of Gua (Gwa) Phonology". University of Ghana: 52.

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