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- Language Family: Kwa
- Topic #1: Classification
- Topic #2: Comparative Studies
Do the Ghana-Togo mountain languages constitute a genetic group?
The Ghana-Togo-Mountain languages consist of some 14+ languages scattered across Ghana, Togo and Benin. Originally considered to be Restsprachen, some sort of residual speech, they are now considered highly significant for the reconstruction of the Benue-Kwa languages, because most of them have functioning nominal affix systems, which can be related to those of Benue-Congo languages. However, the evidence that they constitute a genetic grouping remains sketchy and extensive interaction with Gur and Guan languages has implications for the analysis of their concord system. The paper compiles a series of common lexical items based mostly on unpublished datasets and sets out to establish whether these constitute evidence for a genetic group. It furthermore explores the relevance of the nominal affixes for the broader reconstruction of Niger-Congo.
Les langues montagnardes Ghana-Togo comptent plus de quatorze parlers, éparpillés à travers le Ghana, le Togo et le Benin. À l’origine, considéré comme des Restsprachen, des parlers résiduels, aujourd’hui ils sont de hautes signifiances pour la reconstruction des langues Bénoué-Kwa. La plupart ont des systèmes d’affixation nominale lies aux des parlers Bénoué-Congo. Néanmoins, des preuves qu’ils sont un groupement génétique sont assez faibles, et des interactions intensives avec des langues Gur et Guan auront des implications pour l’analyse des systèmes d’agrément. La communication rédige des séries de mots communes, fondées sur des bases de données encore non-édités, pour établir si ces lexèmes constituent des preuves d’un classement génétique. En plus, il discute la signifiance des affixes nominales pour la reconstruction du Niger-Congo.