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10 Language-to-English DictionariesKwa
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kwa
"Las lenguas kwa se hablan en África Occidental."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A major branch of the Niger-Congo language family, comprising languages spoken in West Africa, particularly in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo.
"Akan and Ewe are prominent members of the Kwa language family." - 2
A speaker of one of the Kwa languages.
"Ethnolinguistic studies often focus on the migration patterns of Kwa populations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from a group of West African languages where the term means 'people' or 'person'. It was adopted into linguistic taxonomy in the 19th and 20th centuries by scholars classifying African language families, specifically grouping languages spoken in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Kwa" is said worldwide
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Kwa
Transliteration: kwa
"Les langues kwa sont parlées en Afrique de l'Ouest."
Kwa
Transliteration: kwa
"Die Kwa-Sprachen gehören zu der Niger-Kongo-Sprachfamilie."
Kwa
Transliteration: kwa
"Le lingue kwa sono diffuse nell'Africa occidentale."
Kwa
Transliteration: kwa
"Las lenguas kwa se hablan en África Occidental."
Kwa
Transliteration: kwa
"As línguas kwa fazem parte da família Níger-Congo."
क्वा
Transliteration: kwa
Script: क्वा भाषा परिवार
"क्वा भाषाएँ पश्चिमी अफ्रीका में बोली जाती हैं।"
夸语支
Transliteration: kuā yǔ zhī
"夸语支属于尼日尔-刚果语系。"
콰어파
Transliteration: kwa-eo-pa
"콰어파는 서아프리카에서 사용되는 언어들입니다."
クワ語群
Transliteration: kuwa gogun
"クワ語群は西アフリカで話されている言語のグループです。"
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