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ALSO KNOWN AS		Degha, Dɛ, Mo, Mmfo, Aculo, Janela, Buru, Buro
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Gur
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mzw
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Mangum Boe Longoro
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "[The speakers of Deg] inhabit an area on the western side of Ghana that spreads from Jama (a short distance from the Ivory Coast border) in the Northern Region down to the Black Volta river, across into the Brong-Ahafo Region as far north as Kelanda and as far south as Subinso. Clusters are to be found also in and around the main cities of Ghana and close to the Ghanaian western border in Ivory Coast."

		World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		27,500		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2003	The phonology of Deg		Inst. of African Studies (IAS), Univ. of Ghana	Legon		Crouch, Marjorie and Herbert, Patricia	Crouch, Marjorie and Patricia Herbert. 2003. "The Phonology of Deg." Inst. of African Studies (IAS), Univ. of Ghana.	EBALL	18,000		10000-99999	Schools; churches; trading	Twi; English	10%% (English)	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Northern Region, Ghana; Ivory Coast	"[The speakers of Deg] inhabit an area on the western side of Ghana that spreads from Jama (a short distance from the Ivory Coast border) in the Northern Region down to the Black Volta river, across into the Brong-Ahafo Region as far north as Kelanda and as far south as Subinso. Clusters are to be found also in and around the main cities of Ghana and close to the Ghanaian western border in Ivory Coast."	8.300933, -2.180198; 7.940916, -2.056555;
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	27,500	2003	10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana;

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