Nzema language

Not to be confused with Apollo
Nzema
Region Ghana and Ivory Coast
Ethnicity Nzema
Native speakers
330,000 (1993–2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-2 nzi
ISO 639-3 nzi
Glottolog nzim1238[2]

Nzema (Nzima), also known as Appolo, is a Central Tano language spoken by the Nzema people of southwestern Ghana and southeast Ivory Coast. It shares 60% intelligibility with Jwira-Pepesa and is close to Baoule.

References

  1. Nzema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nzima". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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