Vagla language

Vagla be one Gurunsi (Gur) language for Ghana, wey about 14,000 people dey speak. Dem dey speak am for sam communities for de western side of Northern Region, Ghana. Sam of de communities be Bole, Sawla, Tuna, Soma, Gentilpe, plus Nakwabi. De people wey dey speak dis language dem dey call dem Vaglas. Dem be one of de local tribes for dat side of Northern Region. British Colonial masters take put dem under Gonja local rule wey dem call 'Gonjaland' thru dema Centralised System of Governance.

 Festivals  celebrated by de vagle people 
De festival de celebrated by the vagle  peple,  salfba, choruba and the nomime .

Phonology
Consonants
+ConsonantsBlench 2003, p. 18.LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabial-
velarGlottalPlosivevoicelessptckkpvoicedbdɟggbNasalmnɲŋŋmFricativevoicelessfshvoicedvzApproximantljw

 Vowels 
+VowelsFrontCentralBackCloseiuClose-midɪʊMideoOpen-midɛ(ʌ)ɔOpena

 Blench dey use /ʌ/, wich dem describe as a -ATR counterpart of /a/.Blench 2003, p. 18, citing Crouch & Naden 1998.
 All vowels fi be long anaa short. Dem no dey treat two similar vowels  as a long vowel secof tone patterns.

 Tones 
Vagla get four tones: rising, falling, den two level tones. E sanso get downstep. Nasals den laterals sanso fi carry tones.

 Orthography 
Vagla dey use ⟨i⟩ make e represent both /i/ den /ɪ/, wey e dey use ⟨u⟩ make e represent /u/ den /ʊ/.Blench 2003, p. 19.

Nasalization be represented by a following ⟨h⟩, e.g., sɛɛ 'to agree' den sɛɛh 'to carve'.
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Category:Gurunsi languages
Category:Languages wey dey Ghana