Nzema language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo Atlantic - Congo Volta - Congo Kwa Nyo Potou - Tano Tano centrally Bia south Nzema

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Nzema (also Nzima and Appolo ) is the language of West African Nzema, with about 262,000 speakers in Ghana (2004 SIL) in the Western Region, the southwest corner of the country.

Nzema is also spoken in the Ivory Coast of approximately 66,700 speakers (1993). They live mainly in the Département d' Aboisso, in the sub-prefecture Tiapoum on the southeast coast. Many Nzema live in Abidjan.

Famous Nzema speakers

  • Kwame Nkrumah, former President of Ghana
  • Anton Wilhelm Amo, philosopher of the 18th century
Sam Nzima Language family Kwa languages Nyo languages Nzema people Ahanta language Languages of Ghana
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