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- Language Family: Kwa
- Topic #1: Sociolinguistics
- Topic #2: Discourse
Negotiating Identity through Language at a Market in Accra: The Case of Indigenous Ga Speakers
Nɔdoomɔ
Mɔ fεε mɔ lε ewiemɔ fata eyɔsemɔ su lε he, hewɔ lε kεji ate shi awo ewiemɔ lε nɔŋŋ pε, eyasaa eyɔsemɔ su lε ni tsɔɔ mɔ ni eji lε he.Yε niŋmaa nεε mli lε, migbεlεshi kεtao he ni Ga᷈ shikwεε wiemɔ lε damɔ yε wiemɔi krokomεi ni ji mɔfrobɔlɔi awiemɔi wului ni awieɔ yε Kaneshi jara lε nɔ yɛ Ga᷈ maŋ lɛ mli yɛ Ghana. Mitao akε mayɔse bɔ ni Ga᷈ wiemɔ nεε shidaamɔ lε gbaa Ga᷈ Ga shikwɛɛ wielɔi anaa, kɛji amɛhãa ayoɔ mɛi ni amɛji kɛtsɔ amɛwiemɔ lɛ nɔ, nɔ ni woɔ amɛ hewalɛ kɛfeɔ nakai, kε gbεi anɔ ni amεtsɔɔ amεfeɔ nakai. Ahala Ga᷈ shikwɛɛ jarayelɔi, tsɔnekudɔlɔi kɛ aplankei ni yikulɛ shɛɔ nyɔŋmai ekpaa kɛ enyɔ ni amεhahai saji ahetoo. Nibimɔi lε damɔ Swann (1987) gbεjianɔtoo ni kɔɔ yɔsemɔ su hewiemɔ kε naayeli lε, kε Maslow (1943) gbεjianɔtoo ni kɔɔ nibii ni he hia adesai yɛ ŋɛlɛi anɔ, kɛ agbɛnɛ hu nitaomɔ mli gbɛi srɔtoi anɔ. Nɔ ni jɛ mli kɛba lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ eŋɔɔɔ mɛi ni ahala lɛ naa akɛ Akan moŋ, shi jeee Ga᷈ wiemɔ lɛ, ehe shi jogbaŋŋ ejaakɛ Ghanabii babaoo ji mɛi ni wieɔ Akan akɛ klɛŋklɛŋ wiemɔ loo wiemɔ ni ji enyɔ ni amɛkase. Eyε mli akε enε woɔ Ga᷈ wiemɔ lε shidaamɔ moŋ nε, shi Ga᷈ shikwεlɔi lε nyεεε amεfi shi yε amεshikwεε wiemɔ lε he jogbaŋŋ, jε blema saji kε amralo nɔyeli akpɔi ni yɔɔ amεshikpɔŋ lε nɔ lε hewɔ. Agbεnε hu, Agbɛnɛ hu, akɛni mɛi ni ahala kɛha shigbɛlɛmɔ lɛ ashwee ji atsu amɛgbɔmɔtsoŋ hiamɔnii ahe nii hewɔ lɛ, amɛkɛ Ga᷈ wiemɔ lɛ jeɔ shishi, shi amɛfee kralo akɛ kɛji efi nɔŋŋ lε,amεbaatsake kεya Akan wiemɔ mli.