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Nzima|nˈziːmə|
Also Nsima, Nzema.
The name of an African language spoken in Ghana.
1911F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. I. vii. 179 In Nsima (Zema) there is also a suffix, but it appears that there exists also initial change, the same as in Twi. 1945I. C. Ward Rep. Investigation Gold Coast Lang. Probl. 61 Nzema..appears to be a strong admixture of two language groups, the Fante branch of the Akan language and some other group lying to the west. 1971L. A. Boadi in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 49 The indigenous languages [of the Gold Coast],..are still used and are, in many cases, deliberately cultivated; no less than six of them—Akan, Gã, Ewe, Nzima, Dagbani and Hausa—are regularly heard on the radio. 1975Archivum Linguisticum VI. 2 In certain environments Nzema and Ahanta k alternates with g. |