Dompo language
| Dompo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | 970 (2000) |
|
Native speakers
|
65 (1999) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | domp1238 |
Dompo is an endangered unclassified language of Ghana. Speakers are shifting to Nafaanra. It is spoken adjacent to the main town of the Nafaanra people, Banda, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana.
Dompo has numerous parallels with the Gonja language, but does not appear to be directly related to it. Blench (1999) suggests three possibilities:
None of the Dompo names for wild plants or animals resemble Gonja, suggesting that the last is the most likely. It may even be a relic of the pre-Niger–Congo languages of West Africa.
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