Mamprusi language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo Atlantic - Congo Volta - Congo north Gur centrally Oti - Volta west southeast Mampruli

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Mampruli (also Mamprule, Manpelle, Ngmamperli ) is the language of the Mamprusi in Ghana and Togo.

About 220,000 speakers (2004 SIL ) live in Ghana east and west of Gambaga, in the northeast of the Northern region.

Mampruli is also spoken in Togo.

Recognized dialects are East and West Mampruli Mampruli with a intelligibility of 50 % with Dagbani. Lexical correspondence consists of 95 % with Dagbani and 90% with Farefare.

Language family Gur languages Mamprusi people Languages of Ghana
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