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Mampruli

A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3: maw

Population	220,000 in Ghana (2004 SIL), increasing.
Region	Northeast Northern region, east and west of Gambaga. Also in Togo.
Language map	Ghana, reference number 45
Alternate names	Mamprule, Manpelle, Ngmamperli
Dialects	Eastern Mampruli, Western Mampruli. 50% intelligibility with Dagbani [dag]. Lexical similarity: 95% with Dagbani, 90% with Farefare [gur].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Southeast
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Farefare, Bimoba [bim], or Bissa [bib].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. 48 literacy teachers. Dictionary. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	The people are called ‘Mamprusi’. About 20 primary schools, 10 junior secondary schools, 3 secondary schools. Traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

NADEN, Anthony J., author. 1980. "‘Siamese twins’ in Mampruli phonology."

NADEN, Anthony J., author. 1982. "Class pronoun desuetude revisited."

NADEN, Anthony J., author. 1986. "Social context and Mampruli greetings."  

NADEN, Anthony J., author. 1988. Review of: Mamprusi proverbs, by Xavier Plissart.

PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1990. Review of: Pragmatics in non-Western perspective, George L. Huttar and Kenneth J. Gregerson, editors.

Vernacular Publications

Ŋmampulli kariŋŋu 3. 2005.

Ŋmampurugu pilligu yala. 1992.

Reading and writing Mampruli (ŋmampulli kariŋu ni sɔppu yɛla. 1976.

Wuunni gaadi koobu suŋŋsim. 1997.