Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Ga

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Ga (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kwa → Ga.

See Ga on the interactive map
Speakers
750K (750,000)
ISO 639-3
gaa

Ga-Dangme language spoken around Accra, Ghana.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Kwac. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Gac. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Kwa.

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