Mampruli (language)
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Ghana , Togo | |
speaker | 220,000 (2004) | |
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ISO 639 -2 |
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ISO 639-3 |
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 Mampruli and West Mampruli with an intelligibility of 50% with Dagbani . Lexical agreement is 95% with Dagbani and 90% with Farefare .