Ghanaian English

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This article is about standard English spoken in Ghana. For an English-based creole, see Ghanaian Pidgin English.

Ghanaian English is the variety of English spoken in Ghana.

Bibliography[edit]

Huber, Magnus (2004), "Ghanaian English: phonology", in Schneider, Edgar W.; Burridge, Kate; Kortmann, Bernd; Mesthrie, Rajend; Upton, Clive, A handbook of varieties of English, 1: Phonology, Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 842–865, ISBN 3-11-017532-0

Languages of Ghana

Official language

English

Creole languages

Ghanaian Pidgin English

Government-sponsored

Indigenous languages

Gur	Birifor Buli Chakali Chala Deg Delo Frafra Hanga Kabye Kamara Kantosi Konkomba Konni Kusasi Mamprusi Moba Mossi Nabit Notre Ntcham Nuni Paasaal Safaliba Sisaala Talni Tamprusi Tem Vagla Wali Winye Yobe

Kwa	Adele Ahanta Anii Animere Anyin Avatime Bowili Chakosi Cherepon Chumburung Efutu Gua Jwira-Pepesa Kebu Kposo Krache Larteh Lelemi Likpe Logba Mpra Nkami Nkonya Nyangbo-Tafi Santrokofi Sehwi Siwu

Mande	Bambara Ligbi Tonjon

Others	Gbe Hausa Mpur Nafaanra Yoruba

Sign languages

Dialects and accents of Modern English by continent

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Northern Ireland	Mid Ulster Ulster Scots

Scotland	Highlands Lowlands

Wales	Cardiff Gower

Channel Islands

Elsewhere

North and
South
America

United States	Varieties by common name African American Appalachian Baltimorese Boston Cajun California Chicago / Detroit / Great Lakes Chicano Delaware Valley General American High Tider Maine Miami Midland Midwestern New England New Mexican New York / Brooklynese / North Jersey New York Latino Old Southern Ozark Pacific Northwestern Pennsylvania Dutch Philadelphia (includes South Jersey, northern Delaware) Pittsburghese Rhode Island Southern Texan Upper Midwestern Western Vermont Yat Yeshivish Yooper Varieties by geographic location Delaware Valley / Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania Dutch Philadelphia Baltimore Midland Midwest Great Lakes / Inland North Upper Midwest Upper Peninsula of Michigan New England Boston Maine Rhode Island Vermont New York City New York Latino North South Acadiana Appalachia Chesapeake / Pamlico Miami New Orleans Ozarks Texas West California New Mexico Pacific Northwest Western Pennsylvania

Canada	Aboriginal Atlantic Cape Breton Newfoundland Lunenburg Standard Ottawa Valley Pacific Northwest Quebec

Caribbean	Bahamas Barbados Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad

Elsewhere	Bermuda Falkland Islands Guyana

Oceania

Australia	Aboriginal Broad / Strine General Southern Torres Strait Western

Elsewhere	Fiji New Zealand Palau Solomon Islands

Other
continents

Africa	Cameroon Ghana Kenya Liberia Malawi Namibia Nigeria Sierra Leone South Africa Afrikaans Black Cape Flats Indian White Uganda

Asia	Bangladesh Brunei Burma or Myanmar Hong Kong India Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka

English-speaking world

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English speaking countries

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Countries and territories where English is the national language or the native language of the majority

Africa	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Americas	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda The Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Dominica Falkland Islands Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat Saba Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States United States Virgin Islands

Europe	Guernsey Ireland Isle of Man Jersey United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia New Zealand Norfolk Island Pitcairn Islands

Countries and territories where English is an official language, but not the majority first language

Africa	Botswana Cameroon The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone Somaliland South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Americas	Puerto Rico

Asia	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Special Administrative Region India Pakistan Philippines Singapore

Europe	Gibraltar Malta

Oceania	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tuvalu Vanuatu

Dependencies shown in italics.

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