Chakali (tʃàkálɪ́ɪ́) is a Gur language of Ghana, spoken by almost 3,500 individuals in several villages in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region.
More specifically, Chakali is spoken by inhabitants of the Tiisa, Sogla, Tousa, Motigu, Ducie, Katua and Gurumbele villages.
[2] Chakali phonology is typical of Gur languages, with tone, vowel harmony, and labial–velar consonant.
The majority of Chakali's syllables fall into one of three categories C(consonant)V(vowel), CVC and CVV.
Nasal vowels do occur phonemically in certain words,[2] as demonstrated by near-minimal or minimal pairs: Chakali is considered a tone language; variations in pitch are used to change the lexical and grammatical meaning of words and phrases.
Complex numbers can be obtained through the subtraction, addition and/or multiplication of its units.