Ethnologue

Nkonya

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Nkunyá

Autonym

Nkunya

Population

20,400 (2013 UNSD). 11,000 in the language area, the rest in the larger urban areas of Ghana.

Location

Central Volta region: east of Lake Volta, north of Ahenkro.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Language Use

Also use Akan [aka], Éwé [ewe].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar. NT: 2010–2017.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 2004.

Other Comments

Traditional religion.