Abron | |
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Bron | |
Native to | Ghana, Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity | Bono |
Native speakers | 1.4 million (2013) [1] |
Latin | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Ghana |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
abr |
Glottolog |
abro1238 |
Bono, also known as Abron, Brong, and Bono Twi, is a Central Tano language common to the Bono people and a major dialect of the Akan dialect continuum, and thus mutually intelligible with the principal Akan dialects of Asante and Akuapem, collectively known as Twi. [2] It is spoken by 1.2 million in Ghana, primarily in the Central Ghanaian region of Brong-Ahafo, and by over 300,000 in eastern Ivory Coast. [3]
Bono is mutually intelligible with all dialects of Akan, but the degree of intelligibility depends on the geographical distance between the dialects. Bono is geographically close to Asante, and therefore linguistically close, while a further-away dialect such as Fante is linguistically further as well. [4] Most speakers of Bono are bilingual or bidialectal with Asante. [5]
Along with Fante, Bono is the most conservative dialect of Akan, retaining several features, such as the third-person plural pronoun bɛ, that have since been lost elsewhere in Akan. [4] [5] [6]
Independent | Subject | Possessive | Object | |
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First sing. | me | me- | me- | m |
Second sing. | wo | wo- | wo | w |
Third sing. | ɔno | wɔ- | ɔ-; ne | no |
First pl. | yɛ | yɛ- | yɛ | yɛ |
Second pl. | hõ | hõ- | hõ | hõ |
Third pl. | bɛ | bɛ- | bɛ | bɛ |
Unspecified | ɛ- |
Abron | |
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Bron | |
Native to | Ghana, Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity | Bono |
Native speakers | 1.4 million (2013) [1] |
Latin | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Ghana |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
abr |
Glottolog |
abro1238 |
Bono, also known as Abron, Brong, and Bono Twi, is a Central Tano language common to the Bono people and a major dialect of the Akan dialect continuum, and thus mutually intelligible with the principal Akan dialects of Asante and Akuapem, collectively known as Twi. [2] It is spoken by 1.2 million in Ghana, primarily in the Central Ghanaian region of Brong-Ahafo, and by over 300,000 in eastern Ivory Coast. [3]
Bono is mutually intelligible with all dialects of Akan, but the degree of intelligibility depends on the geographical distance between the dialects. Bono is geographically close to Asante, and therefore linguistically close, while a further-away dialect such as Fante is linguistically further as well. [4] Most speakers of Bono are bilingual or bidialectal with Asante. [5]
Along with Fante, Bono is the most conservative dialect of Akan, retaining several features, such as the third-person plural pronoun bɛ, that have since been lost elsewhere in Akan. [4] [5] [6]
Independent | Subject | Possessive | Object | |
---|---|---|---|---|
First sing. | me | me- | me- | m |
Second sing. | wo | wo- | wo | w |
Third sing. | ɔno | wɔ- | ɔ-; ne | no |
First pl. | yɛ | yɛ- | yɛ | yɛ |
Second pl. | hõ | hõ- | hõ | hõ |
Third pl. | bɛ | bɛ- | bɛ | bɛ |
Unspecified | ɛ- |