Mpra Balli

zuliya yɛltɔga
Yaɣ sheli	Volta–Congo
Tiŋa	Ghana

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Mpra, bee Mpre, nyɛla bali shɛli bɛ ni yari tiŋkpaŋ yuli booni Butei (8°52′N 1°15′W / 8.867°N 1.250°W / 8.867; -1.250) ka di be "central" Ghana, di bela Techiman mini Tamale sunsuuni ka baɣi Black mini White Voltas. Mpra nin tɔm pam ni pubu pirim la bɛ bachinima ni pirigi pirigi la zuɣu. Di yi la polo bachi pisopɔin yuya lahabali din yina yuuni 1931 kɔŋko ni . Blench (2007) lihi li mi ka di nyɛ balli din ku tooi pahi bala pubu pam ni .^[1] Bali shɛli din gba tooi yari tiŋkpaŋ din baɣi li ka di yuli booni Tuluwe, Mpur, gba nyɛla bali shɛli din ni tooi ti pahi bala din ku tooi bahi bala pam pubu ni. Butie mini zaa Tuluwe zaa nyɛla tiŋkpansi din miri Mpaha.

Painter (1967) daa ti lahabali ŋmaa "ḿpŕ̩ɛ̀ kpiya" ni ka di zuliya ("the Nnyamase-mprɛ") mi "leei Nnyamase-Gonja"; o daa nyɛli ka di nyɛla Gonja yɛltɔɣa bali shɛli. Amaa, din bɔŋɔ nyɛla din jɛndi kalibu ko polo, din kuli nɛ n-ti Gonja. Bachinima din pahi zaa nyɛla "din baŋbu niŋ tom" (Williamson & Blench, 2000:36). Blench (2010) yihi li mi ka di nyɛ Kwa balli; Blench (2012) nya ka di nyɛla "din tooi nyɛ balli din yi di ko [Kwa] paŋbu ni bee din nyɛ Kwa bal'shɛli".^[2]

Bibliography

Blench, Roger. 2010. "Why is Africa so Linguistically Undiverse?".[1]^{[permanent dead link]} Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, December 3–4
Cardinall, A.W. 1931. "A survival". Gold Coast Review, V,1:193-197.
Painter, Colin. 1967. "The Distribution of Guang in Ghana, and a Statistical Pre-Testing on Twenty-Five Idiolects," The Journal of West African Languages, Vol. 4, No. 1, Cambridge University Press, Ibadan, pp. 25–78.