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The Ga Language article was very short so I decided to add a section on the Ga alphabet. Will add some form of pronunciation guide later. After that I'll put up a short grammar of the language.
Lordan 04:36, 2005 Feb 3 (UTC)
[edit] Classification / relation to Gbe
Recently the following was added to both this article and Gbe languages. I have pulled it out of both articles so that we can discuss it here first.
- A CORRECTION --- The Dangme, or Ga-Dangme, language/or language family (which should be considered as two languages ---- 1.Ga and 2.Adangbe/or 2.Ga-Adangbe), is found in Southeastern Ghana, it is usually classified and considered as a part of the Kwa language family. This misclassification is possibly due to the fact that the language has undergone some changes due to the significant amount of influence from the more populous and well settled Kwa speakers within the area now known as Ghana -- primarily the Akan speakers. Ga-Adangme, or as the tribesmen themselves refer to as Adangbe -- Adan-[GBE] or Ga-Adangbe -- Ga-Adan-[GBE], is in essence should be considered a part of the [GBE] language family and in reality related to the Fongbe, Ajagbe, and Gengbe languages listed above. In addition, it is well known amongst the tribe and the people of Ghana that the Ga-Adangbes settled in the Accra coastal plains centuries ago, migrating along the West African coast westward from neighboring Togo where the gbe speakers are found. Some historians even suggest that proto-Ga-Adangbes migrated from as far as Ile-Ife, an old Yoruban city state.
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Response. In the books and articles cited in Gbe languages, I did not come across this theory, and obviously the mere coincidence in sound of the language names isn't going to be the kind of evidence such a theory needs. Wikipedia is not the place for original research. On a sidenote, the Gbe languages are classified as Kwa, too, so the languages are indeed distantly related. As far as I know, no African linguist has claimed that Ga-Dangme should be considered one a Gbe language. — mark ✎ 18:43, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
