Languages of Ghana

[7] Of these, English, which was inherited from the colonial era, is the official language and lingua franca.

[10] Dagbani, Dagare, Sisaala, Waale, and Gonja are among the most widely spoken in the northern part of the country.

The Dagbanli, Nanumba and Mamprusi languages of Northern Region, are almost the same and, are mutually intelligible with the Frafra and Waali languages of the Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana.

Akan, part of the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family, is a dialect continuum,[15] but with regard to official status, only a few out of the many varieties of Akan are recognised: Fante, Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi.

[16] Out of the many dialects of Ewe spoken in Ghana, the major ones are Anlo, Tongu, Vedome, Gbi, and Krepi.

It belongs to the larger Mole–Dagbani ethnic group found in Ghana and makes up about 18.5% of the population.

It is a Niger-Congo language in the Kwa branch, spoken by around 600,000 people in Ghana.

[21][22] Six separate towns comprised the Ga-speaking peoples: Accra, Osu, Labadi, Teshi, Nungua, and Tema.

[23][24] The Nzema language utilizes a Latin-based script and comprises a total of twenty-four alphabetic characters.

"Gonja" comes from "Kada Goro-Jaa" in Hausa, signifying "land of Red Cola."