Talk:Typological Features Template for Ga

Firstly, I observed that the language family of Ga which is Niger-Congo is the only information provided. Where spoken, region, total number of speakers etc were left untouched. I believe these basic information are also needful.

b. Below are SOME areas that could be strengthened with examples.

I have gone through the template for Akan and I observed that examples have been provided to the claims. See a link to the Akan template. [1]

1. Vowel harmony- are there other types of harmony in the language other than ATR harmony which is not present in the language as mentioned? Or there is no harmony at all? Are there examples?

2. Tone - minimal pairs mentioned could be exemplified. For example,

shá (wash/clean)

shà (spoil/go bad)

3. Syllable structure - examples could have been given. For example, CV - bá (come),

Again, it is unclear what is meant by "N" as a syllable structure. Does it stand for Nasal? And is this restricted to only one unique type of nasal? In a language like Safaliba (a Ghanaian language)the nasal is specified. It is \ŋ\ Bodomo (1997)

4. Syntactic structure - Word order - Ga is strictly SVO. An example could also be provided. I want to say that this word order is also true for other Ghanaian languages such as Ewe. Duthie (1996) Eg. of Ewe SVO word order:

É ɖu nu

“He ate”

É ɖu nu

3SG eat thing

PRON V N

5. Minimal NP - "This consists of a noun or pronoun". This could also be exemplified. For example,

i. lɛ

“He/she/it”

lɛ

3SG

PRON

ii. papa lɛ

“The man”

papa lɛ

man.SBJ

N DET

6. "The linear ordering in the Noun phrase is as follows: Identifier-Possessor-Modifier Noun-Head Noun-Adjective-Numeral-Indefinite Specifier-Determiner-Definite marker-Quantifier-Intensifier." This linear ordering could have been exemplified with concrete example. The understanding is better thereof.

--Mercy Motte 11:12, 18 May 2011 (UTC)