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Konni

A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3: kma

Population	3,800 (2003 GILLBT), increasing.
Region	Southeast of the Sisaala and west of the Mamprusi. Remote, isolated, no roads. 5 villages, Yikpabongo the main one, Nangurima another.
Language map	Ghana, reference number 37
Alternate names	Koma, Komung, Koni
Dialects	Related to Mampruli [maw], Hanga [hag], Buli [bwu]. Lexical similarity: 60% with Buli.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Buli-Koma
Language use	Vigorous, with a strong sense of ethnic identity. Women from other language groups who marry Koma men learn the Konni language. All domains. All ages. Also use Mampruli or Tumulung Sisaala [sil].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 16%. Literacy rate in L2: 0%. NT: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Politically under the Mampruli chief. The people are called ‘Koma’. A high percentage of blindness from onchocerciasis. Agriculturalists: yams, cassava, millet, guinea corn, maize, peanuts. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Cahill, Michael and Elke Karan. 2008. "Factors in designing effective orthographies for unwritten languages."  

Cahill, Michael C. 2007. Aspects of the morphology and phonology of Kɔnni.  

Cahill, Michael. 1991. "The case of the ‘missing’ kɔnni P."

Cahill, Michael. 1992. A preliminary phonology of the Kɔnni language.

Cahill, Michael. 1994. "Diphthongization and underspecification in Kɔnni."  

Cahill, Michael. 1995. "Peaking at zero: Null subjects and other indicators of peak in Kɔnni texts."

Cahill, Michael. 1996. "ATR harmony in Kɔnni."

Cahill, Michael. 1998. "Tonal polarity in Kɔnni nouns: an optimal theoretical account."

Cahill, Michael. 1999. "Diphthongization in Kɔnni: a feature geometry account."

Cahill, Michael. 1999. "Triple splits from proto-Buli-Kɔnni."

Cahill, Michael. 1999. Aspects of the morphology and phonology of Kɔnni.

Cahill, Michael. 2000/2001. "Noun classes and phonology in Kɔnni."

Cahill, Michael. 2004. "Marked tones and texture - the necessity of high tones in Kɔnni."

Cahill, Michael. 2004. "Tone polarity in Kɔnni nouns."

Cahill, Michael. 2008. "Measuring duration with speech analyzer."  

Cahill, Michael. 2009. "Kɔnni vowel feature spread across consonants."  

Cahill, Mike. 1998. "Nasal assimilation and labial-velar geometry."

Cahill, Mike. 1999. "Vowel harmony in Kɔnni."

Cahill, Mike. 2001. "Avoiding tone marks: a remnant of English education?."

Cahill, Mike. 2004. "Tonal polarity in Kɔnni."

Cahill, Mike. 2007. "More Universals of Tone."  

Naden, Anthony J. 1986. "Première note sur le kɔnni."

Vernacular Publications

Fu nyɩngbanɩŋ aŋaŋ fu gilegile mɩŋŋɩ pɔgɩlɩŋ gbanɩŋ. 1996.

Hessi: Vuoŋ mana dɩ muna ʋ sɩmma wiidieke. 1996.

Ka bi yiwo boŋŋo?. 1997.

Kɔmɩŋ dɩ faarɩnana hɔgu dene. 1997.

Nanjuusl yie yuogiti aŋaŋ kuŋ (Flies cause sickness and death). 1992.

Nɩ vaa tɩ balɩ batulɩŋ. 1996.

Nyaaŋ wia gbanɩŋ. 1997.

Tɩ karɩmma kɔmɩŋ 1. 1993.