Lama (language)
lama | ||
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Spoken in |
Togo , Benin , Ghana | |
speaker | 186,400 (1991) | |
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Official status | ||
Official language in | one of the national languages of Ghana | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
nic (other Niger-Congo languages) |
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ISO 639-3 |
Lama (also Lamba and Losso ) is the language of the West African ethnic group of Lama , who mainly live in Togo , but are also widespread in Benin and Ghana . The language is related to the Tem and the Kabiyé .
In 1991, 117,400 speakers lived in Togo in the prefectures of Kéran and Doufelgou ( Kara region ). More than 50 percent of the lama speakers are distributed across central Togo in the prefectures of Sotouboua, Ogou and Haho. A larger group of lama speakers is said to live in Lomé .
The 69,000 lama speakers (2001) in Benin live mainly in the Atakora department , especially in some villages near Boukombé. There are also a few lama speakers living in the département of Donga in the municipalities of Djougou and Bassila .
According to estimates, a few hundred, maybe a few thousand speakers (1996) live in Ghana about 100 kilometers south of Bassar , to Yendi and even to Tamale and southeast of it.
Recognized dialects in Ghana are Kadjala (Kadjalla), in Benin and Togo also Kande ( Kanté ) and Defale.
See also
Web links
- Lama at Ethnologue.com