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Dangme | |
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Dangbe | |
Native to | Ghana |
Region | South-eastern Ghana, east of Accra |
Ethnicity | Dangbe |
Native speakers | 1,020,000 (2013)[1] |
Latin (Dangbe alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Ghana |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | ada |
ISO 639-3 | ada |
Glottolog | adan1247 |
The Dangme language, also Adangme, Dangbe or Adaŋgbi, is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangme people (Dangmeli). They are part of the larger Ga-Dangme ethnic group. Klogbi is a variant, spoken by the Kloli (Klo or Krobo People). Kropp Dakubu (1987) is the most thorough grammar of the language.