The southern Ghana-Togo Mountain Groups: A description of their languages and cultural heritage
The southern Ghana-Togo Mountain Groups: A description of their languages and cultural heritage. NWO Endangered languages programme (2002-2010); project leader: Felix Ameka
Project data
| Full title | The southern Ghana-Togo Mountain Groups: A description of their languages and cultural heritage | |
| Duration | September 2002-September 2010 | |
| Nature | NWO Endangered languages | |
| Project leader | Felix Ameka | |
| Project members |
Kofi Dorvlo
Mercy Lamptey |
Project description
The language and cultural histories of the inhabitants of the hills of the Ghana-Togo frontier have remained an enigma. These languages have been known as Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages. The geographic term Ghana-Togo Mountain languages is used here.The languages are found in three geographical groups. The southernmost cluster comprises Avatime, Logba and Nyagbo-Tafi. This project focuses on Logba and Nyagbo-Tafi- two neglected languages. The project has three aims. The first is to document the sychronic structure of each language including a lexicon, a grammar, a text collection and multi-media records of verbal interactions. The second aim is to study the proces of language attrition and contact induced change in the context of high multilingualism. The third goal is to use the synchronic descriptions for a typological comparison of these and other border languages. This will address the question of whether the languages constitute a genetic grouping, a socio-cultural, or a typological cluster of languages.