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Chumburung

A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3: ncu

Population	69,000 (2004 SIL), increasing. 2,700 Yeji.
Region	A triangular area with Volta Lake south, Daka River northwest. Yeji is south of the lake.
Language map	Ghana, reference number 19
Alternate names	Kyongborong, Nchimburu, Nchummuru
Dialects	Northern Chumburung (Banda), Southern Chumburung (Lonto, Gurubi, Chinderi, Bejamse, Borae), Yeji (Yedji). Somewhat intelligible with Krache [kye]. Lexical similarity: 77% with the Yeji dialect, 79% with Kplang [kph], 78% with Krache, 69% with Dwang [nnu], 67% with Nawuri [naw] and Gikyode [acd], 60% with Gonja [gjn].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Guang, North Guang
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Most also use Akan [aka].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 24%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Yeji can read Chumburung material with literacy help. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DEMUYAKOR, Isaac A., author. 2000. Kyo̱ŋbo̱ro̱ŋ aŋasɛ bɛɛɛ akpare̱ na amo̱ kaase̱ ke̱kaapo̱-rɔ bo̱rɔfo̱-rɔ = Chumburung proverbs with English explanations.

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 1986. "Suspicion and shame in Chumburung spider stories."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 1987. "The functional beauty of Chumburung pottery."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 1991. Will Kofi understand the white woman’s dictionary? some ways to make a bilingual dictionary more usable to a new literate.

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 1994. "Using existing structures: three phases of mother tongue literacy among Chumburung speakers in Ghana."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 2003. "Understanding Chumburung proverbs."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 2005. "My eyes are red: body metaphor in Chumburung."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 2010. "Doing Chumburung songs—a taxonomy of styles."  

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 2010. "Red is a verb: the grammar of colour in Chumburung."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., author. 2011. "I have a certain child ... riddles in Chumburung."

HANSFORD, Gillian F., editor. 1989. Kyo̱ŋbo̱ro̱ŋ-nɔ – Bo̱rɔfo̱-rɔ, Bo̱rɔfo̱-rɔ – Kyo̱ŋbo̱ro̱ŋ-nɔ ase̱ŋkpare̱gyi wo̱re̱ dabe̱ (Chumburung – English, English – Chumburung dictionary: a bilingual dictionary for the Chumburung language of Northern and Volta Regions, Ghana).

HANSFORD, Gillian F.; HANSFORD, Keir, authors. 1989. "Borrowed words in Chumburung."

HANSFORD, Keir, author. 1990. A grammar of Chumburung: a structure-function hierarchical description of the syntax of a Ghanian language.

PRICE, Norman, author. 1975. Collected field reports on the phonology of Nchimburu.

PRICE, Norman, author. 1978. "Nchimburu narrative events in time."  

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1984. "Vowel harmony and the consonant | in Chumburung."

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1985. "Vowel coalescence across word boundaries in Chumburung."

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1986. "Apocope, tone and the glottal stop in Chumburung."

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1988. "The noun class system of Proto-Guang and its implications for internal classification."

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1989. "The vowels of proto-Guang."

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1989. "Vowel coalescence in Chumburung: An autosegmental analysis."

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1989. North Guang comparative wordlist: Chumburung, Krachi, Nawuri, Gichode, Gonja.

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1990. Studies in Guang phonology.

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 1992. ‘Grammatical tone’ and orthography.

SNIDER, Keith L., author. 2007. "Automatic and nonautomatic downstep in Chumburung: an instrumental comparison."

Vernacular Publications

Atɔ ne̱ baa kyo̱rɛɛ waa Abware̱se̱ŋ wo̱re̱-ɔ-rɔ bo̱ le̱e̱ awaare̱yɛ ase̱ŋ se̱-ɔ. 1987.

Emaŋ ko̱ ade̱daase̱ŋ. 2000.

Igyo ko̱dɔɔ. 1988.

Ke̱kare̱ bware̱ sa ane̱ ndɔɔ 1, 2. 1983.

Ko̱ko̱ŋko̱-rɔ ne̱ e̱le̱ŋ bo̱ (In unity is strength and other poems in the Chumburung language of Northern and Volta Regions of Ghana with English verse translation). 1990.

Kpa lalalo̱we̱ (The last journey and other poems). 1996.

Kpaasi na mpase̱ wuye maa yɔ ba bɔɔ-rɔ. 1996.

Kya fo̱ e̱ye̱e̱. 2000.

Kyo̱ŋbo̱ro̱ŋ anyare̱ ke̱sa. 1988.

Mbo̱re̱ŋ - Ane̱ e̱ yɔ-ɔɔɔ. 1987.

Mo̱ kitee yo-oo. 1984.

Nu fo̱ se̱ ase̱ŋ. 1989.

Nya ndee waa ndɔɔ. 1989.