The Tamprusi language, Tampulma, is a Gur language of Ghana with lexical , phonetic and linguistic structure resembling that of the Deg(Mo), Sisala and Vagala. The Tampulma are located in the North Gonja District of the newly created Savannah Region. Some of their communties are also found in the East Mamprusi District in the North East Region where they relocated in the 17th Century.
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Region | Ghana |
Ethnicity | Tamprusi |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2003)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-3 | tpm |
Glottolog | tamp1252 |
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