The Ga language is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has a phonemic distinction between 3 vowel lengths.
Ga is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family. It is very closely related to Adangme, and together they form the Ga–Dangme branch within Kwa.
Ga is the name of the Tribe.
Ga is the language spoken.
Gamashie is the name of the capital of the Ga tribe in Ghana.
Ga is spoken in south-eastern Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has relatively little dialectal variation. Although English is the official language of Ghana, Ga is one of 16 languages in which the Bureau of Ghana Languages publishes material.
Ga has 31 consonant phonemes.
Ga has 7 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels. All of the vowels have 3 different vowel lengths: short, long or extra long (the latter appears only in the simple future and the simple past negative forms).
Ga has 2 tones, high and low. Like many West African languages, it has tone terracing.
The syllable structure of Ga is (C)(C)V(C), where the second phoneme of an initial consonant cluster can only be /l/ and a final consonant may only be a (short or long) nasal consonant, e.g. ekome, "one", V-CV-CV; kakadaŋŋ, "long", CV-CV-CVC; mli, "body", CCV. Ga syllables may also consist solely of a syllabic nasal, for example in the first syllable of ŋshɔ, "sea". Several geographical and physical phenomena had been recognised by the Gas to be origins of spiiritual powers and life. Centrall to the Ga custom is the Korle Lagoon, Osu Klottey lagoon, Kpeshie lagoon and other waterbodies are believed to have deities in them for rituals are performed annually to pacify and honour them.