Chumburung (Kyongborong, Nchimburu, Nchummuru) is a Guang language spoken by 69,000 persons, mostly Chumburu by tribe and living in the Kingdom of Chumburung at both sides of the southwestern leg of Lake Volta in Ghana.
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Native to | Ghana |
Region | Kpandai District and Yeji |
Native speakers | 69,000 (2004)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-3 | ncu |
Glottolog | chum1261 |
3,000 of these speak the Yeji (Yedji) dialect, which is quite divergent: no closer to Chumburung proper than Kplang or Krache are.
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